Author: John Lawless

  • Henhouse Prowlers in Olen

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    Here's the eighth report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from bass player and founding member, Jon Goldfine. The guys have promised daily reports (with

  • The Speed Of Bluegrass

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    Your Essential Bluegrass Connection That's our motto; that's what we bring. It's also the name of a great new tune by Jim VanCleve, which we have adopted as our theme song. It will be available as a digital single on March

  • Claire Lynch OK after close call

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    Claire Lynch escaped injury in a frightening auto accident last night that occurred just as she was nearing the end of a weekend's worth of touring with her band. I'll let her explained what happened. "I was alone and had just dropped

  • The Speed Of Bluegrass

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    Your Essential Bluegrass Connection That's our motto; that's what we bring. It's also the name of a great new tune by Jim VanCleve, which we have adopted as our theme song. It will be available as a digital single on March

  • Elton John and Punch Brothers

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    We have wondered several times on Bluegrass Today whether it shouldn't be a requirement that every artist in any field of music had to make a bluegrass record before they could be voted into their respective Hall of Fame. It seems

  • Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent

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    Upper Management Music, the record company owned and run by Rhonda Vincent and her husband/manager, Herb Sandker, has signed country legend Gene Watson to the label. His first Upper Management album will be a duet project with Rhonda, following on the

  • Bluegrass in the ISC

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    A solid bluegrass banjo instrumental has made it to the finals of the 2011 International Songwriting Competition. The tune is Gone Beserk, written by Lee Marcus, and recorded by Dan Menzone on his Frostbite CD with help from Adam Steffey, Wyatt

  • First look at NFR Live

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    NewFound Road has released a video teaser for their upcoming Rounder project, Live at the Down Home. As you would suspect from the title, the album was recorded at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN where the live performance was