Author: John Lawless

The promoters of the Gathering Of The Vibes festival have come up with a clever way to get you to tune in for their live webcast tonight (4/2) when they announce this year's lineup. After the announcements, they will run a

Not long ago, we posted about the launch of a new record label, Casa Nueva, headed up by former Rounder Records product manager Brad San Martin. At that time, Brad told us that his first release on the new label

Bononia Grass, from Bologna in Italy, finished the month of March with the #1 video in the live performance category on OurStage.com, a social network-like site where fans vote on new music uploaded by independent artists. Their street performance of Six

Subscribers to Sirius-XM will have a first chance to hear music from the next Doyle Lawson CD, Lonely Street, starting tomorrow (4/1) on Bluegrass Junction. Doyle joins host Kyle Cantrell at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) to play each of the album's 12

Longtime readers of Bluegrass Today will have noted my fondness for The Bluegrass Intelligencer, a news parody site - a la The Onion - that focuses on personalities in the bluegrass and acoustic string world. I find the site to be

The Bluegrass Mix has added a new feature to their 24/7, streaming bluegrass radio service. In addition to hosted programming and nationally-syndicated shows, they now offer an uninterrupted, "no talk" stream for online listeners who prefer to hear their bluegrass without

Tomorrow, March 31, is the release date for the long-anticipated second CD from Dailey & Vincent, Brothers From Different Mothers. Following up a successful debut project is always tricky, with expectations from fan, media and industry all setting a high bar.

Jayme Stone is two-for-two at the Juno Awards, honoring the best of Canadian music each year. Last night (3/29), he picked up his second award for the Best World Music Album of 2009 for his Africa To Appalachia project with Mansa

Host Bob Webster will feature an interview with bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne on this week's (3/29) edition of Stained Glass Bluegrass on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Osborne's new CD, Bluegrass & Beyond, will be released on Rounder this Tuesday (3/31), and Bob

Here's some more happy news in the bluegrass community. Jennifer Passamano Hamilton, who handles the bookkeeping and financial duties for her family's business (Rural Rhythm Records), and her husband Aaron are celebrating the birth of a daughter, Lily Sue Hamilton. She joined