Author: John Lawless

Jimmy Gaudreau's musical legacy in the bluegrass world is already partly written. He is what the baseball writers would call a "future hall of famer" - an active player who has already achieved sufficient notoriety to ensure his eventual induction

Do we have a new budding fashion icon in our midst? I wonder how many bluegrass fans recognize the popular picker and singer in these striking photos. Give up? It's Cia Cherryholmes with a look notably different from her work attire

The Dixie Bee-Liners have created a clever promotion for their summer '09 tour dates. They are combining America's love for their portable communication devices with bluegrass music to offer their fans a chance to win some cool prizes. The Bee-Liners have

Rhonda Vincent's new CD, Destination Life, is due out on Rounder on June 16. Radio promos were mailed last week, so you may be hearing more tracks from the album already, in addition to the single, Heart Wrenching Love Sick

We've received a number of wonderful photos already in the Father's Day photo contest we are running with IIIrd Tyme Out. The contest is based on one of the songs from their new CD, Me and Dad, and we are

There was another bluegrass wedding in Tennessee last month. Guitar gunslinger Clay Hess, currently working with Sierra Hull & Highway 111, married Samantha West on May 22 in Gatlinburg. They were engaged in mid-February and are living now in Ohio. Congratulations and

Josh Shilling shot some video onstage during Mountain Heart's show with Tony Rice and Terry Baucom on Friday night in Morganton, NC. Josh snuck up on Tony while he was playing the extended intro to Manzanita, and shot through the whole

If it seems like we are writing quite a bit about Steve Martin and his banjo CD, The Crow, quite a bit of late, it's only because the wider entertainment media is as well. Of course we'll always cover what's

Our beloved five string banjo is getting its props this week from the jazz world, with both the venerable Down Beat magazine and AllAboutJazz.com giving space to prominent banjo jazzers. Down Beat has Béla Fleck on the cover of its June

Missy Raines' fine band, The New Hip, keeps getting younger, and Missy just keeps getting... better! She has announced that Dominick Leslie, mandolinist l'enfant terrible currently studying at the Berklee College of Music, will be joining her on the road this