Author: John Lawless

  • Bluegrass ladies in the Wall Street Journal

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    Today's Wall Street Journal has an article on Alison Brown and her company, Compass Records, that also includes brief interviews with three Compass artists who have recent releases - Dale Ann Bradley, Missy Raines, and Brown herself. The article - The

  • Pleasant Valley Boys do retro right

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    Matt Dudman, George Goodell & Their Pleasant Valley Boys play hard-driving traditional music in and around northern California. And they go whole hog...  not only does their music pay homage to the original sound of the first generation of bluegrass

  • Paige to introduce new capo at NAMM

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    Paige Musical Products has announced that the latest iteration of their popular Paige Capo, The Clik, will be unveiled at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville later this month. Like the original Paige capo designs, The Clik uses a direct center

  • Houston video from NewFound Road

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    NewFound Road has posted live video from their show at Rudy Fest in late June. Two songs are available, both professionally shot and edited, of the band with Jim VanCleve sitting in on fiddle. Here's the live version of Houston (I'm

  • Larry Sparks and his Lonesome Ramblers

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    Larry Sparks just sent along a photo of his latest edition of The Lonesome Ramblers, taken this past weekend at the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival in Morganton, NC. Larry is taking a larger group out this summer, including a couple

  • Mountain Heart at Mohegan Sun

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    The Mohegan Sun is a gaming and resort facility in southeastern Connecticut. Just north of New London, run by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, it makes for a convenient playground for folks in Boston, Providence and New York City. Their entertainment

  • Happy Independence Day!

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    Bluegrass Today would like to wish a happy Independence Day to all our US readers - with a hearty "no hard feelings" to our friends in England. To help put everyone in a festive mood, here's a video of Ross Nickerson

  • IBMA discounts end Wednesday

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    Just a quick reminder for anyone planning to attend the IBMA World of Bluegrass convention and Fan Fest this fall, but hasn't yet registered (like me), that the $100 discount off the full registration fee ends on Tuesday (7/7) at

  • Dixie Bee-Liners do Folk Alley

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    Dixie Bee-Liners were a guest on Tuesday's edition of Folk Alley on NPR. Both audio and video from the show can be found on the Folk Alley page at NPR.org. The full 25 minute audio from their visit can be heard,