Author: John Lawless

Our friend Ted Lehmann celebrated his third anniversary as a blogger on December 24, during which time he has provided coverage of bluegrass music and events all across the US. Along his wife, Irene, Ted has documented dozens of festivals

Don Rigsby will be starting off the new year with a new focus in his career. This award-winning singer and mandolinist had spent the past 8 years as the Director of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University

Glenn Gibson has announced he will not be continuing as resonator guitarist with Marty Raybon and Full Circle in the 2010 season. He had worked as a member of Full Circle for well over a year and can be heard

Phyllis Boyens-Liptak passed away on 9 December after a battle with cancer. The daughter of old-time singer and songwriter Nimrod Workman, Phyllis Boyens was a soulful mountain singer who recorded her only solo album, I Really Care for Rounder (0162) in

The Chapmans and Compass Records have announced that they will be working together in 2010. Mandolinist Jeremy Chapman tells us that a new album has been completed, and is expected in the near future. "We're very excited to be working with Alison,

Banjo bad boy Béla Fleck doing what he does on a medley of Christmas favorites... like no other.

If you're at home tending to Christmas wrapping, cooking or decorating - or just relaxing with family and friends - you can log on to WAMU's Bluegrass Country where bluegrass Christmas music will be playing all day Christmas Eve through

Here's some heartwarming news that demonstrates the kindness and generosity of our bluegrass community... We got this note from Megan Brugger at MyClassicCountry radio in Xenia, OH. The station was among the sponsors for the Gerald Evans and Dale Vanderpool Appreciation

Here's a follow-up on a story we covered back in August... Several items of Bill Monroe memorabilia were recently sold at auction by the Christie's auction house in New York. They included some minor items, like Monroe's Country Music Hall Of

One full scholarship to Pete Wernick's Advanced Banjo Camp (1/18-23/10) is still available. Three such scholarships have already been awarded for the 2010 camp, but another has just recently been announced. Move quickly if you want to apply, however. The application