Author: John Lawless

Sierra Hull has showed up on Bluegrass Today quite a bit this past few weeks. First there was news about a new banjo player for her touring group, Highway 111, and then there's her upcoming CD, Daybreak, due March 8

We've written many times about talented Swedish bluegrass bands like G2, Cold Mountain Band, Downtown Ramblers and others who perform and record at home and beyond. Now we have news about a new CD from The Rockridge Brothers, an old time

Alan Bibey checked in this morning from Grasstowne's ongoing tour of California. They have been on the west coast since last week, and have another week yet before heading back east. Their new CD, Kickin' Up Dust, is due from Rural

Mel Bay has released a new DVD for clawhammer banjo, Unfortunate Puppy and Other Fine Tunes, taught by Hunter Robertson. The tunes are arranged for intermediate to advanced players and each is taught piece-by-piece, and then show in a split-screen format.

David Hollender, professor at Berklee College of Music, is set to publish Beyond Bluegrass Banjo, a new book of exercises and improvisational explorations for banjo students at Berklee - or any other banjo player who wants to branch out from

Bluegrass Gospel great Enoch Sullivan, patriarch of the Sullivan Family of Alabama, passed away on February 23. He was 79 years old. Together with his wife, Margie Sullivan, Enoch performed all over the United States, had a number of very popular

Good news is coming in about JD Crowe, following the serious fall he took last Friday evening (2/18) on the way to a show. As we posted over the weekend, Crowe broke his left upper arm and a bone in his

More great radio for Friday (2/25). Ralph Stanley will be calling in to WNCW during the 2:00 p.m. hour (EST) to talk with Dennis Jones about the good doctor's upcoming Gospel CD, A Mother's Prayer. The album is expected this Spring

Sierra Hull will be a guest on Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard on WFDU Friday morning (2/25) at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Carol tells us that she and Sierra will talk about Hull's upcoming CD, Daybreak, and play some of the

I spoke today with mandolin legend Herschel Sizemore, who shared that he has been elected to the Alabama Bluegrass Hall of Fame. He will be traveling to Bessemer, AL on March 18 for his official induction at the Bessemer Civic Center.