Author: John Lawless

I had a chance to catch up last week with banjo monster Jim Mills, and was immediately curious about what he has been doing since leaving Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder last summer. Jim said that he has been enjoying the

We have just learned that banjo pioneer JD Crowe took a fall last night as he was stepping off the bus en route to the Joe Val festival in Framingham, MA. A quick trip to the hospital revealed that his

Shannon Slaughter has been one of my favorite bluegrass guitarists since I first met him in the mid-1990s. At the time, he had just finished a stint with Lost & Found, and had joined Larry Stephenson's band. It was immediately obvious

We have lauded several times the efforts of Rebel and County Records in getting their deep back catalog into digital distribution. They have been recording bluegrass and old time music since the early 1960s, and have several hundred titles between

Milo Farineau, one of our favorite photojournalists, sent along another fabulous set of images from last night's (2/16) Yonder Mountain String Band concert in Charlottesville, VA. As we have mentioned in the past, Milo is working on a photo book project

Darren Beachley and Barry Scott stirred up a buzz when they announced in December 2010 that they would be joining forces as the Beachley & Scott Band. The two Quicksilver alums have put together a fine band with Shayne Bartley on

The Gospel Music Association has announced the nominees for the 2011 Dove Awards. The winners will be announced during their gala awards show on Easter Sunday (4/24) in Atlanta, GA. There are two specific bluegrass categories: Bluegrass Recorded Song of the

We heard yesterday from Chris Luquette, guitarist with Northern Departure, a young bluegrass band based in Seattle. They were chosen this past weekend as finalists in a music competition called Sound Off!, or as it is also known, the Battle of

Fellow bluegrass blogger Ted Lehmann has published a lengthy and detailed review of Help My Brother, the new CD from The Gibson Brothers, due February 22 from Compass Records. Ted goes song-by-song through the album, and includes more than a dozen

March will be a big month for Rounder Records. They have new projects coming from Charlie Sizemore, Steve Martin, Sierra Hull... and Larry Sparks. Sparks, our current godfather of traditional bluegrass, is at the height of his career, enjoying later in