Author: John Lawless

The debut video from Sierra Hull's new Daybreak CD is running now at CMT.com. The song is Easy Come, Easy Go written by Kevin McLung, who wrote the title track for her Secrets CD a few years back. The song features

Here's the second report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from banjo picker and founding member, Ben Wright. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the next week

We have learned that Doug Dillard is back home, having been released last night from Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. He was admitted this past Saturday (2/26) suffering from a collapsed lung. Dillard remained in intensive care and on a respirator until

Alison Krauss & Union Station are giving away a free MP3 of the title track from their upcoming Rounder CD, Paper Airplane. All it will cost you is your name and email address so they can contact you when the album

Jerry Butler & the Blu J's have much to celebrate this week. Their new CD, Stranger In My Own Hometown, is out on Blue Circle Records. This is the first release Butler with his band, but not his first recording. He

Travers Chandler has announced two new members of his touring band, Avery County. Tony Mabe is the new banjo player, stepping in for Adam Poindexter who departed owing to other work commitments. Mabe had worked previously with James King and Jeanette

Chicago grassers, The Henhouse Prowlers, are about to start a whirlwind tour of Europe. They will play 13 shows over the next 10 days in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Despite this busy schedule, the guys have promised to send along reports

CMT has posted a "making of" mini-documentary from Sierra Hull's very first video shoot in Nashville. The video is for Easy Come, Easy Go, the opening track of her upcoming Daybreak CD, due for a March 8 release on Rounder. This

The Berklee College of Music in Boston has just announced an exciting new program for banjo players enrolled in their Traditional String principal. Only in the past few years have banjo and mandolin players been accepted at Berklee, at least officially.

Doug Dillard, popular banjo player and founding member of The Dillards has been hospitalized in Nashville, suffering from a collapsed lung. He will be 74 years old on March 6. Dillard is in the ICU at Vanderbilt Hospital, but according to