Author: John Lawless

After six years and 4 successful albums, The Grascals have parted ways with Rounder Records. The band has been with Rounder since their inception in 2005, and reports that the split was both amicable and mutually agreeable. Grascals manager Kirt Webster

It's exciting to see all the attention that is being given to the upcoming Bill Monroe centennial in 2011. The ongoing campaign to have Bill Monroe memorialized with an official postage stamp from the US Postal Service is kicking into high

Popular Gospel troubadours The Churchmen have brought SW Virginian Glenn Waller aboard as their new guitarist and lead singer. Glenn has been playing bluegrass since his early teens, and has spent time with a number of regional groups as well

This post is a contribution from David Morris, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. While most of the bluegrass world is focusing on the approaching 100th anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birth, another pioneer of the genre, Hazel

Grace Van't Hof made mention earlier this week of the new banjos being introduced by Huber Banjos at IBMA this week. Huber calls them the Truetone series, and they are models which feature his newly-developed components, the HR-30 tone ring

Marty Raybon has sent along an update following his announcement last week that he was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. "Dear friends, I am humbled at the thousand of emails, letters, and phone calls I have received  since last week on

John Cowan - The Cow, Johnny C, Cow Man - soaring tenor vocalist and newgrass superstar, has announced his decision to step aside from his solo artist and bandleading career, to become a full time member of The Doobie Brothers. He

Great news for John Hartford fans. At the IBMA Conference Panel "Steam-Powered: John Hartford and the Making of the Aereo-Plain Album" Wednesday morning, moderator Barry Mazor, with consent from Rhino Records, shared information that will warm the cockles of any serious

Like any modern awards show, IBMA hands out a number of the trophies earlier in the day, prior to the gala production scheduled for later this evening. These include both awards in more arcane, industry-oriented categories (liner notes, graphic design,

Monroeville took part in a taping for The Today Show earlier this week. Correspondent Jenna Wolfe was in Gatlinburg, TN on Monday (9/27) shooting a piece on the Ole Smoky Distillery which boasts of being the first to offer lawful moonshine