Author: John Lawless

  • Chatnam County Line at Country Standard Time

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    Country Standard Time uses the recent release of their latest CD, Wildwood, as the springboard for a lengthy piece about alt-bluegrass road warriors Chatham County Line. The article by Brian Baker, conducted largely as an interview with Chatham County Line guitarist/vocalist

  • Get Low hits next week

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    Can lightning strike twice? Rounder Records and Sony Picture Classics are hoping so as they plan the July 27 and 30 releases of the soundtrack and the new film, Get Low. It's a quirky, 1930s period piece set in the rural

  • Guardian fiberglass mandolin case

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    Guardian debuted their new Professional Fiberglass mandolin case (CG-065) at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville last month. They had previously introduced fiberglass cases for banjo, guitar and cello. Like all the Guardian products, this case is designed to offer the

  • Fairview Avenue

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    Oddly enough, summer is the slow season for bluegrass news each year. All the bands are touring like crazy, but unless someone jumps ship, there isn't as much new information to share. So we plan to use this next little while

  • Major Award for Nu-Blu

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    We wrote back in April about Nu-Blu, the terrific bluegrass band from North Carolina, when their most recent CD, Nights, was released. They had been caught in the crossfire when Pinecastle Records closed in February, and ended up releasing the

  • Barry Bales video contest

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    Have Bass Will Travel... That's the name of a clever YouTube video created by AKUS bass man Barry Bales, and of the video contest we are running on Bluegrass Today in conjunction with the recent release of his AcuTab bass

  • More bluegrass radio options today

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    Here's a couple more good radio options to consider for today (7/21). At 11:00 a.m. (EDT) this morning, Donna Ulisse will be on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction with Kyle Cantrell. She will be on the Track-By-Track program, playing through all the songs

  • Boxcars on Music City Roots

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    This week's edition of Music City Roots on WSM will feature another chance to catch The Boxcars live - on the radio at least. Regular readers here know that we have been singing the praises of this group since they first

  • Russell Moore on Bluegrass Waves

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    Ernie and Debbie Evans will have Russell Moore of IIIrd Tyme Out on tonight's (7/20) edition of Bluegrass Waves. The show airs Tuesday evenings from 8:00-9:00 p.m. (ET) on WJSJ 105.3 FM in Jacksonville, FL, and is simulcast live online. WJSJ

  • Barry Bales video contest

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    Have Bass Will Travel... That's the name of a clever YouTube video created by AKUS bass man Barry Bales, and of the video contest we are running on Bluegrass Today in conjunction with the recent release of his AcuTab bass