Author: John Lawless

Pinecastle has announced February 2010 as the release date for the next Josh Williams album, Down Home, but Josh says that he will have copies for sale from his web site by Thanksgiving. This will be the third solo CD for

Here's the music video for Staying Together, a duet between Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent. It's a delightful country song - in the old time style. Staying Together is one of the tracks on Gene's latest CD, A Taste Of The

John McEuen will be a guest on today's (10/30) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU-FM in the New York City metro market. The interview was conducted by host Carol Beaugard earlier this week, when John stopped by the

A number of CDs we have discussed recently on Bluegrass Today have hit this past few weeks. The sophomore release from Grasstowne, The Other Side Of Towne, came out on October 6. As visible as these guys have been since they

Rounder Records has brought back a couple of classic recordings from 1978, capturing a moment when what we might call progressive bluegrass music was still in the process of defining itself. Both albums are brimming with innovative ideas, and should

Here's video of the Mountain Heart performance of The Star Spangled Banner before the NASCAR race last Sunday at the Martinsville Speedway. Their appearance was broadcast nationally via ABC sports. Nice job, guys!

This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn's many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when

Here are a few more photos of Mountain Heart's big day at the Martinsville Speedway this past Sunday. They had been invited to sing the National Anthem before the race, which was carried live on ABC television. Their rendition featured Josh

Sam Bush has created a series of videos to highlight the music from his new Sugar Hill CD, Circles Around Me. Produced by Craig Havighurst of String Theory Media, they feature Sam and his talented band performing music from the

UPDATE 10/28, 11:45 a.m. - download issues now resolved. Please try again if you had a problem. Just in time for Halloween! Randy Kohrs is offering readers of Bluegrass Today a free download of a scary ghost story from his upcoming CD.