Author: John Lawless

Here is another set of reflections on Leadership Bluegrass 2010, this time from Carol Beaugard, host of Lonesome Pine RFD, heard on both WFDU-FM in the New York City metro market and on WAMU's Bluegrass Country online. Her show airs

Kindred Records has just signed Ronnie King to the label and will release his new CD, Free of Guilt, on May 1. Ronnie performed with New River Line from 2001-2006, where he played mandolin, sang and contributed original material to the

Phil Bankester, pére of the pickin' and singin' Bankester Family, was among the participants in the 2010 Leadership Bluegrass class. He passed along these thoughts about his time in Nashville last week. "Leadership Bluegrass was an incredible experience. It was three days of

On Monday Brance mentioned an upcoming album from Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley in his piece about Blue Highway's 15th Anniversary concert in Roanoke. We had posted last year about this project when Tim and Steve first started recording in

Jason Davis will soon be the new banjo picker with Junior Sisk and Rambler's Choice. Darrell Wilkerson is leaving the band in April, and Jason will step in at that time. Davis has been playing with Grasstowne since the group formed

IBMA’s 2010 Leadership Bluegrass class has recently concluded, and we will be posting comments from some of the participants, as we have done in the past. Each year 25 participants are selected from those who apply for this 3-day workshop in

We have written several times about the Bean Blossom Foundation, and their work to preserve the Bill Monroe Music Park in Indiana. This is the park previously owned by Mr. Monroe, and the site of the festival he hosted there

Takeoff is a fitting title for the debut release from Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac. There has been great interest in this assembly of bluegrass veterans since they first got together just over a year ago, and their

The Chapmans are spending this week doing radio publicity for their new CD, Grown Up (A Revisionist History), recently released on Compass Records. The boys will be on live tomorrow morning (3/17) with Bill Cody on WSM 650 AM from Nashville

Composite Acoustics, commonly known as CA Guitars, has closed its doors. The Louisiana-based company that manufactured steel-string acoustic guitars made from a carbon fiber material had found adherents among both hobby and professional pickers worldwide, including Blue Highway guitarist Tim Stafford.