Author: John Lawless

  • Steep Canyon Rangers on The Opry

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    Steep Canyon Rangers have a guest spot on tonight's (9/25) Grand Ole Opry broadcast. It will be their second visit to the Opry stage, and banjo picker and primary songwriter Graham Sharp tells us that they will be highlighting material from

  • Casey Driessen: 5-string fiddle hunt

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    Here's something any musician can identify with... the hunt for a new axe. Casey Driessen takes us along as he and Luke Bulla journey to Scottsburg, IN and the shop of noted violinmaker John Silakowski to check out some new 5-string

  • Welcome Marabelle Ruby Webb!

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    Darrell Webb and his wife Amanda are celebrating the birth of their second daughter, Marabelle Ruby Webb, born today (9/24). I spoke to Darrell this afternoon from the hospital, and he was understandably excited. I didn't get any of the vital

  • Mike Sumner to Dale Ann Bradley

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    Yesterday we had news about Terry Baucom departing Dale Ann Bradley's band, and today we have word about Mike Sumner stepping in to fill the void. Mike is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Banjo Championship in Winfield, KS. His

  • Bluegrass Babies are back

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    Here's Act II from the Bluegrass Babies, a clever animated video from British children's book illustrator Caroline Roberts and Paul Castle of The Rosinators. Our readers loved their first video, and if you have small children (or grandchildren), they

  • Steve Martin sets BU afire

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    Steve Martin graces the cover of the October issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, being mailed to subscribers this week. The hilarious image is one that Martin had considered for the cover of his new banjo CD, The Crow. Inside the magazine is

  • Adam Steffey live at the Station Inn

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    Adam Steffey will be hosting a special CD release event this evening in Nashville - and we are all invited! The CD, One More For the Road, was released on Tuesday and Sugar Hill and BMI have teamed up to sponsor

  • Terry Baucom ready to mash

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    Terry Baucom has announced that he will be leaving Dale Ann Bradley's band to focus on a number of other performing opportunities for 2010. He will continue to play banjo on the Mountain Heart with Tony Rice shows, and will also