Author: John Lawless

NPR and Folk Alley have posted the audio from the 2010 Americana Music Awards show online. The 2.5 hour show, hosted by Jim Lauderdale, includes the presentations of awards, and musical performances by artists from a wide range of musical

Nick Keen has officially accepted the mandolin position with The Josh Williams Band. He has actually been touring with Josh for the past month, and has now been announced as the newest member. A North Carolina resident and native, Nick had

September 9 marked the 14th anniversary of Bill Monroe's passing , and NPR's All Thing's Considered took the occasion to remember Big Mon in a piece about the Bluegrass Boys reunion at the International Bluegrass Music Museum earlier this summer. NPR's

Serious students of the 5 string banjo have long been plagued by a malady known as flyaway fingers. This dread disease afflicts those whose right hand fingers refuse to conform to recommended standards, which suggest keeping the fingers close to

Video from yesterday's appearance by Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers on Good Morning America is now available on the ABC web site. They performed two songs from Steve's 2009 CD, The Crow. Woody Platt, guitarist and vocalist with Steep Canyon

OK folks... here we go. The completely unofficial, unaffiliated-with-IBMA Bluegrass Blog Awards poll is now live. We are once again running our readers' awards poll, mirroring the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards. We have done this for the

OK folks...  here we go. The completely unofficial, unaffiliated-with-IBMA Bluegrass Blog Awards poll is now live. We are once again running our readers' awards poll, mirroring the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards. We have done this for the past

The highly anticipated, self-titled debut CD from The Boxcars won't drop until October 19, but Mountain Home Records has just released a first single to radio. The song is December 13th, one of nine band originals out of thirteen tracks on

Out In The Middle Of Nowhere is the title of the new CD from Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa, released today by Raincoe Music. It's another set of original songs from Taylor, who first made his mark in bluegrass with the

Noam Pikelny has been named the recipient of the inaugural Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. This annual award, determined by a panel of expert judges, carries with it a cash prize of $50,000 and an exclusive