Author: John Lawless

The new CD from banjoist Alison Brown, The Company You Keep, will be released April 7 on Compass Records. The album features her quartet: John Burr on piano, Garry West on bass, Joe Craven on mandolin and fiddle and Larry Atamanuik

The Judiciary Committee of the US House Of Representatives will take up the Performance Rights Act today (3/10) with a hearing at 10:00 a.m. This legislation (H.R.848) seeks to require broadcast radio (terrestrial transmitter-based) to pay royalties to artists and performers

We got a note yesterday from Charles Dumont, who develops music applications for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices. We posted last fall when he released his MandoChords app, a visual chord speller for mandolin. Now, he notes the release of

Michael Martin Murphey has created a music video for Close To The Land, the first from his Rural Rhythm release, Buckaroo Bluegrass. The album was produced by Michael's son Ryan, and features bluegrass-inflected acoustic versions of several of his most popular

Nothin' Fancy guitar player Gary Farris has moved into the exciting world of food service - not an unfamiliar side career for bluegrass musicians. But Gary won't be mopping floors or chopping onions. He and partner Jerry Ingram have teamed up

Missy Raines is in DC with her young touring band, the New Hip. They have a show this evening (3/9) in nearby Rockville, MD for the Institute of Musical Traditions, but will stop off this morning at the WAMU studios

Junior Sisk will be co-hosting with Judith Burnette on WBRF this Saturday evening (3/7) from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (EST). He will be helping Judith select the music, and tells us that listeners can expect a solid dose of the traditional bluegrass that floats his

Cliff Wagner & The Old #7 had quite a run as contestants on the Next Great American Band program, which aired on Fox TV in 2007. They made it a good ways into the finals, as voted by the television

Dennis Jones with WNCW in Spindale, NC sent along an advance copy of Goin' Across The Mountain Live - Volume 3, which will be offered as a premium for station supporters in 2009. The 15 tracks were all recorded and broadcast

Brandon Rickman, guitarist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band is interviewed in the current (March/April '09) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The interview covers a lot of ground in the life of this young bluegrass singer and songwriter. Brandon talks about