Author: John Lawless

Steve Dilling has agreed to share the ups and downs, in and outs of a long IIIrd Tyme Out road trip with our readers. They will be traveling from coast to coast, and back again, this first two weeks of

Homespun Video has released two new DVDs for new students of traditional American fiddle music. Both are taught by Jim Wood, a five time Tennessee fiddle champ, noted performer and teacher, and organizer/arranger for The Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra. Both DVDs are

The video from this week's edition of the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour with Michael Martin Murphey can now be viewed online. Murphey is doing the rounds promoting Buckaroo Blue Grass, his new album on Rural Rhythm, which features a number

Here's a great video of Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper shot during their free concert this past Friday (4/3) at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. It features the guys tearing it up on a version of the Bill Monroe

Wikio has published their April list of the top 100 music blogs, and there is Bluegrass Today at #97! That's not bad for a bluegrass music site when the rest of the blogs are geared toward pop, rock and rap. Wikio

Chris Pandolfi, the talented banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters, has created a clever video promotion for the band's upcoming show at The Belcourt Theatre in Nashville on April 30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AieKOnzixYY

Living here in southwestern Virginia, the musical legacy of the Lost & Found is almost a palpable entity in the bluegrass community. Their 35 year career has influenced players, songwriters and performers worldwide, but their impact on the vibrant bluegrass

BMI's Music World, an online publication of the venerable performing rights organization, has a new article up that features an interview of Earl Scruggs by Béla Fleck. They plug the interview as being about composing - not surprising since they are

Doyle Lawson marked April 1, 2009 as his 30th Anniversary as a band leader. That was the date in 1979 when he rehearsed his first band, Doyle Lawson & Foxfire, which soon was changed to Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. That seminal

Hats off to Aubrey Haynie, who was awarded the Top Fiddle Player Of The Year trophy on Sunday (4/5) at the Academy Of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Bryan Sutton, Randy Kohrs and Rob Ickes also received nominations this year.