Author: John Lawless

Th next two days offer a couple of great opportunities to hear live bluegrass on the radio. If you can be close to your computer during the day, you can catch sets from Hot Rize and Claire Lynch online. First up

American Songwriter has a nice interview with banjo maven and Compass Records President Alison Brown, on the occasion of her DVD release, Live At Blair. This is a concert with her quartet, along with multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven. The quartet is consists

From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

When Dailey & Vincent announced the release of Singing From The Heart in the summer of 2009, they indicated that proceeds from the project would go to benefit the Tennessee Bible College in Cookeville. The boys were recently able to make

Longtime radio broadcaster and bluegrass fiddler Les Woodie has announced his retirement. After 48 years with WKDE KDCountry in Altavista, VA, Woodie will retire as General Manager on Thursday, November 5. Prior to beginning his radio career, Woodie worked as a

Punch Brothers will be the musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman this Thursday Friday night (11/4) (11/4). Steve Martin will also be a guest tomorrow, and will use the occasion to make the official presentation of the

Rural Rhythm has released another video in support of their new live album, All Star Jam, a multi-artist extravaganza recorded at the Graves Mountain Festival of Music in Syria, VA this past summer. It includes performances from many of the artists

Award-winning Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone has a new CD, Room of Wonders, which features his take on traditional dance music from all across the globe. He is assisted by Casey Driessen on fiddle, Grant Gordy on guitar and Greg Garrison on

Is it too early to start talking about Christmas? I guess it's too late to be asking that question. The Isaacs have a Christmas-themed CD, just out on the Spring House/EMI label. Called simply, Christmas, the new album offers 14 songs

Most any band performing along the US east coast has made a stop in Suwannee, GA at Everett's Music Barn. They have hosted live bluegrass music for nearly 40 years in north central Georgia. The venue has been managed by