Author: John Lawless

We've posted previously about The John Hartford Stringband, and the marvelous album, Memories Of John, which they released in April of 2010 in tribute to their namesake. The band is a joint project of banjoist Bob Carlin, fiddler Matt Combs, and

The first single from The Expedition Show, the self-titled debut album from...  you guessed it... The Expedition Show, has been sent to radio. The full CD is set for a February 28 release on Mountain Fever Records. The group features Blake

Just weeks after being announced as the new banjo picker with Sierra Hull, Jessie Baker has detoured from Highway 111 to travel with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. He will start right away, filling the spot held for the past year

We are sorry to report that Constance "Tina" Aridas  passed away on Sunday morning. She was an active member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, and a fierce advocate for James Reams & The Barnstormers, for whom she served as

Here's an interesting video of folk musician Morgan O'Kane taking street music to the Staten Island Ferry in New York. O'Kane is a Virginia native, world traveler and current inhabitant of the Big Apple, where he has spent a good bit

Rebel Records has released a promo video in advance of Ralph Stanley's upcoming Gospel album, A Mother's Prayer. In it, both Ralph and his road manager and long time Clinch Mountain Boys guitarist James Alan Shelton discuss the good Doctor's work

Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the guests on this weekend's edition of the Reno's Old Time Music Festival on  RFD-TV. The show is hosted by Ronnie Reno, and regularly features the best in traditional bluegrass music. We understand that Doyle

Breaking news from our pal Katy Daley at WAMU's Bluegrass Country... In an on-air discussion this morning with Dudley Connell about The Johnson Mountain Boys, it was announced that they will be doing a couple of reunion shows this summer. Performances

Bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart will launch a new monthly radio program this afternoon on Nashville powerhouse WSM at 2:00 p.m. CST (3:00 p.m. Eastern). The show will be called That Just Happened with Mountain Heart which, after today's debut,

... you should see their sound check! Jamie Dailey shot this video yesterday before their show in Pottstown, PA. What a bunch of goofs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyUycMm8ug Now far be it from Bluegrass Today to engage in speculation about non-bluegrass activity... but did you see