Author: John Lawless

G2, the world-traveling bluegrassers from Sweden, will soon be winging their way westward to the USA, where they will take up residence for the summer. They have shows booked all across the country, starting with the Father's Day Festival in

He's everywhere...! As we mentioned yesterday, Dierks Bentley is making quite a promotional splash for his new CD, Up On The Ridge. The music and entertainment press is buzzing about Bentley releasing an acoustic, heavily bluegrass album after several very successful

Jan de Mooy has sent us another fine collection of photos he took during the recent European World of Bluegrass in Voorthuizen, Netherlands. He had sent along a nice gallery from EWOB which we published after the festivals in 2009

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

Dierks Bentley's next CD, Up On The Ridge, is due out next week on Capitol Records. It has garnered a great deal of music media attention, and not primarily because he has multiple #1 hits on country radio and two

Greensky Bluegrass has made quite a name for themselves as a live act since winning the Telluride Bluegrass Festival band contest in 2006. They work a grueling schedule (more than 170 shows annually), and have a loyal following in the

Photographer Bill Merlavage was in attendance at DelFest this past Memorial Day weekend in Maryland, and would seem to have had his camera close at hand all four days. He tells us that it was a fantastic show this year. Bill

Mike Lane shot some great photos at the recent Doyle Lawson festival in Denton, NC last month. He captured many of the bands performing on the show, including Lost and Found, Dale Ann Bradley, Lonesome River Band, Dailey & Vincent,

Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, and his lovely wife Joan will be headed to Russia this summer to participate in the Russia-America Bluegrass Jamboree in July. This is the first event of its kind, being organized in part by the Consulate

Vermont banjo picker Gordon Stone has a well-earned reputation for melding the 3 finger banjo style with other idioms, among them jazz and African folk music. He has toured and recorded widely, but has not yet attained the sort of