Author: John Lawless

The Del McCoury Band will be a featured guest on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast throughout the US on public radio stations and on Sirius-XM. The show will air live on Saturday (5/30) at 6:00 p.m. (EDT)

The International Bluegrass Music Association has struck a deal to allow its members to attend the Summer NAMM show in Nashville at no charge, and without registering as a NAMM member. To take advantage of this option, you need to

Jan de Mooy sent us another fine batch of photos from this month's 2009 European World Of Bluegrass festival, just as he did last year. Thanks Jan!

Noted bluegrass songwriter Mark "Brink" Brinkman is profiled in today's edition of The Columbus Dispatch. The focus of the piece is a new song of Brink's, With Love from Normandy, which he had performed at a Memorial Day celebration this past

I've known The Infamous Stringdusters' banjoist Chris Pandolfi and his music for the past 6 years. Over that time I've seen him develop musically and professionally into one of the brightest lights in the modern banjo world. In fact, before I

...of editor at British Bluegrass News. We have been privileged to publish much of Richard's writing here on Bluegrass Today this past few years, and congratulate both he and the British Bluegrass Music Association, who publishes BBN, for his being elevated

We received an encouraging update from Christy Stocks about her dad, Ray Deaton's, condition. "He was released from the hospital today and is feeling much better.  They were able to drain all the fluid off his lungs and heart.  I was

Jerad Walker with WAMU's Bluegrass Country shared a few details - and some video - of the apocalyptic thunderstorms that rolled through DelFest this past weekend in Maryland. On several occasions during the festival, the proceedings came to a halt for

Earlier this month, there was a real bluegrass wedding in Nashville. Andy Hall, resonator guitarist with The Infamous Stringdusters, married Janice Young, agent with Keith Case and Associates. Their wedding was held on May 9 at Riverwood Mansion in Nashville, TN

Or is that Tim and Steve? Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford, two of the most widely-recorded songwriters in bluegrass today, are collaborating on a new CD for Pinecastle Records. It will feature 14 songs that the pair have written together,