Author: John Lawless

Here's a nice look at Sarah Jarosz and a few of the songs from her debut CD, Song Up In Her Head. It was shot last month during her Texas CD release party at Blue Rock Studios on June 11. Alex

NewFound Road has created a video promo which includes live footage from a recent stage show. It was shot and edited by Matt Zervos, who also produced the new Dale Ann Bradley video for Don't Turn Your Back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hptZa50zlyY

Randy Kohrs was among the artists who generously donated their time this past weekend to perform at the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival near Columbus, OH. Proceeds from this annual event benefit the St. Judes Children's Research Hospital in Memphis,

Dreama Stephenson, née Belcher, sent along some sad news about her dad, Sterling Belcher. Sterling has been hosting the Bluegrass In The Pines Festival near Rocky Mount, VA for the past 29 years, and has hordes of friends and business acquaintances

Pete Wernick, Dr. Banjo to you and me, was the subject of a recent video segment for TimesCall.com, the online home of the Longmont Daily Times-Call, Pete's hometown paper. The video visits Pete at his banjo practice cabin, which he built

With Tom Adams making the move to Flamekeeper, we asked Bill Emerson who would be stepping in to play guitar with Sweet Dixie. And he tells us that guitarist John Miller is joining the group as of August 1. John was

Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters has put together another of his fun-filled travelogues, this time for the band's ongoing tour of the western US. See the guys run out of gas in the middle of the desert, make it just

We've mentioned twice this week the visit to the White House by Alison Krauss & Union Station, which included both an afternoon workshop with music students from all over the country and an evening concert in the East Room with

National Public Radio has posted the audio online from the recent Mountain Stage performances by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and The Lovell Sisters. They both appeared on the show earlier this month, along with Steve Earle, Sara Watkins and King

Our friends at ukbluegrass.com have really started a ruckus... In their post about We Banjo 3, an Irish quartet, they once again raise the spectre of the banjo band. The group features 3 - and sometimes 4 - banjos playing at