Author: John Lawless

Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings

WAMU's Bluegrass Country will once again be broadcasting live from IBMA for several hours each day. Most of your favorite on-air personalities are in Nashville this week, and the Bluegrass Country steam will go live from the 4th floor of

Bluegrass Today will once again be offering coverage of the IBMA World of Bluegrass, starting Monday September 27 in Nashville. This year, however, instead of Brance and myself reporting from WOB, we will have a team of correspondents and photographers on

Jill Geary from San Diego, CA is the winner of the Grand Prize in the 2010 World Of Bluegrass Sweepstakes. This annual contest offers a number of winners to travel to the IBMA convention in Nashville and attend free of

Marty Raybon had to cancel his scheduled appearance yesterday at the Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival in Virginia. He is hospitalized in Nashville, but hopes to be released soon. He has released a statement about his condition. “Hello to all my Bluegrass fans

I well remember The Hotmud Family, a fixture on the string music festival circuit in the 1970s.There was no one named Hotmud, and none of the members were related but, hey... it was the 70s. They had an entertaining stage show

Today marks that moment each year when the entire bluegrass world shifts from regular life to IBMA mode. Our coverage will transition later today (more on that soon), as the annual IBMA convention starts to dominate the news. Both Into The

Rural Rhythm Records is set to release a single from their upcoming 55th Anniversary CD, All-Star Jam - Live At Graves Mountain, a collection of 12 tracks recorded at the 2010 Graves Mountain Festival Of Music this past summer. The album

Here's some unfortunate news on what was hailed only weeks ago as a promising new partnership. The agreement we announced on September 7 between Barry Scott and Jason Leek for the management of Barry Scott and Second Wind has fallen apart.

Pinecastle Records has posted an interview with the company's new owner, Lonnie Lassiter, a physician and entrepreneur in Columbus, NC. Lassiter took ownership of the company in August, six months after the family of Pinecastle founder Tom Riggs closed the doors,