Author: John Lawless

The March 2009 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited is their annual Instrument Issue, and this year's cover story is on Gibson. The story, by Dave McCarty, is titled When Only A Gibson Is Good Enough. It focuses not on the company's storied

A video of Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die), the upcoming single release from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, has popped up on YouTube. It was shot during the 2009 SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards in Nashville on February 15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKpEDrUerrY The

Special Consensus' Greg Cahill will join Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Tuesday morning (2/24) at 9:00 a.m. Katy tells us that Greg will be calling in from home in the Chicago area before they head down to Florida for

The folks at Blue Chip Picks, whose line of composite flatpicks have hit the mark with some of the top guitarists and mandolinists in bluegrass music, have now released a line of thumbpicks for banjo players. The pick material is riveted

The second installment of the self-produced documentary from The Infamous Stringdusters' 2009 Ski Tour has been posted. It follows our heroes through a number of live shows, a house concert and some late night van travel through the mountains. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VvhnapUhn4Videographer Chris Pandolfi

Why Old Time? is a new film from Chris Valluzzo and Sean Kotz of Horse Archer Productions that seeks to answer that musical question in a documentary film format. The project is still in the editing stage, and Valluzzo told us

To celebrate their 15th year in operation, the Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival & Guitar Competition will award $15,000 in scholarships in 2009 to further the study of traditional American music by young people. The festival sets aside a portion

The 2009 World Copyright Summit has been scheduled for June 9-10 at the Ronald Reagan Center in Washington, DC. The event will be hosted by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), a consortium of rights holders

Christoffer Olsson, guitarist and lead singer with G2, is celebrating the birth of his son, Benjamin, born earlier this month. G2 banjo picker Jens Koch shared this photo of Christoffer and Benjamin, along with some band news from their home in

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are set to release a single from their upcoming, self-titled Rural Rhythm album on March 3. The song, Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) - written by Ray Edwards, Larry Cox and Terry Foust