Author: John Lawless

Here is a cute video from Reed KD from his new album, In Case The Comet Comes. Reed is a young singer-songwriter from California with folk and bluegrass influences in his pop-oriented music. The video is for the song Cactus Garden,

Karen Cannon has painted a new tribute to our beloved Father. The painting is titled Salute!, and honors both Bill Monroe and the mandolin he used to create the bluegrass music we know and love. Karen has painted Bill Monroe and

Weary Angel, The Cadillac Sky EP we posted about last week is now available for $5 from the C-Sky web site, where you can also hear 3 tracks from the mini-CD. The music does show a new sound for the

The Chapmans are marking their 2oth anniversary as a band during 2009, and have decided that it's about time to branch out and bring in someone from outside the family. Fiddler Tyler Beckett from Owen Sound, Canada will perform with The

The Two High String Band from Austin, TX has a new lineup, and a new CD, to announce to the world. Hot Texas Burrito will hit in July, featuring new band members Alan Munde on banjo and Mark Rubin on bass.

Late last month, the city of Sparta, TN honored another of their hometown heroes during their annual Lester Flatt Celebration on May 23. Sparta likes to call itself Bluegrass USA, being as they raised up a number of music legends including

We haven't yet had a chance to comment on Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, the new CD from the band of the same name. It's their first full length studio CD in five years, and their first with a

Last Monday (6/1), we ran the first half of our preview of the new Rhonda Vincent CD, Destination Life, ahead of its release on June 16. We included Rhonda's personal thoughts and comments about the first six tracks, plus a

Here's a little book that may be of interest to bluegrass loving parents and grandparents. It's a children's story by Sarah Martin Busse and Jacqueline Briggs Martin called Banjo Granny which chronicles how banjo playing and "granny magic" allowed a

Here's another update on the ongoing campaign to petition the US Postal Service to honor Bill Monroe with his very own postage stamp - and we have some very encouraging news! People and organizations all over the US have been circulating