Author: John Lawless

It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers

After 14 years holding down the banjo spot with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Jim Mills is leaving the band after this week. Jim has been with Skaggs almost since the very beginning of Ricky's full-time return to bluegrass music. He

Lonesome County made an appearance on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour in December of last year. They perform primarily on a regional basis near their home in Michigan, and guitarist/vocalist Chad Jeremy said that he sent submissions in to Woodsongs

JD Crowe, Doyle Lawson and Paul Williams clearly qualify for "living legend" status in the world of bluegrass music. Though each is now a well-established bandleader, they all served an apprenticeship with the great Jimmy Martin as members of his

Regular iTunes users with a taste for bluegrass have noted the fact that Apple shows no special love for our music. Despite repeated requests from bluegrass labels, Apple has yet to create a "genre" listing for bluegrass, or a separate

Larry Sparks has had a number of celebrated bands during his career, even recording recently with star-studded lineups. For many die-hard Sparks fans, however, the band that worked with Larry in the 1990s is considered to be one of his

Popular online radio host Gracie Muldoon has been hospitalized after suffering a mini-stroke on Thursday morning. Gracie is both a regular host and General Manager of WorldWideBluegrass, a 24/7 bluegrass stream available online. Vicki Abbot, Assistant Station Manager at WWB, tells

The 5th installment in The Farewell Drifters' video series for their upcoming Yellow Tag Mondays CD release is out. It's an introduction to Zach Bevill's song, Everyone Is Talking, which was featured in a music video earlier this year. Zach explains

The Toy Hearts are preparing for the UK release of their new CD, Femme Fatale, and a busy summer touring across Britain, Europe and the USA. The CD features the singing Johnson sisters, Hannah and Sophia, along with Stuart, their

The Nashville flooding of early May may have receded from the forefront of many people's minds, but for Stuart “Stubob” Myrick, bus driver for The Grascals, it is seared into his memory. Stubob was featured recently on eTrucker.com, where he shared