Author: John Lawless

Yesterday's (2 /9) Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album went to Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder for Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947. Congratulations to Ricky and the boys! Alison Krauss and Robert Plant won 5 Grammies for

Audio from Blue Highway's recent radio performance on Mountain Stage can now be accessed at NPR.com. They included selections from several of their critically-acclaimed recordings, offering a fine taste of their live show for the Mountain Stage audience. Through the Window of

Here's a fun interview with Sam Bush, conducted by members of blues-rockers The Band Of Heathens on their bus during the recent Ski Jam 2009 in Steamboat Springs, CO. Sam talks about the "old days," and tells how Strength In Numbers

April 28 has been announced as the official release date for Same Old Place, the new Rounder CD from NewFound Road. The band enlisted a new producer, Jim Van Cleve, and spent more time in the studio than they had on

Béla Fleck has been credited with reviving the five string banjo and bringing it to new audiences over the past 20 years, much as Earl Scruggs had done as the seminal banjo pioneer 40 years earlier. Fleck might shrink from such

Nashville radio station WKDF is reporting that former Led Zeppelin vocalist and current Alison Krauss duet partner Robert Plant has rented a home in Nashville and is working on a follow-up with Krauss to their hugely successful Raising Sand CD. The

The John Cowan Band has announced the addition of a new member, Bryon Larrance on drums. Bryon grew up in Tennessee, but shipped off to the northeastern US to study at The New England Conservatory and the Manhattan School Of Music

Yesterday's (2/4) edition of All Things Considered on National Public Radio included a lengthy interview with Steve Martin. The entire interview was dedicated to his love of the banjo, his serious passion for the instrument and, of course, his newly

With Grammy weekend fast approaching, a  number of bluegrass artists are preparing to make the trip to LA, hoping to come away with a trophy. To help fans follow them on their Grammy trip, the various members of Cherryholmes will be

WAMU's Bluegrass Country has an interview with Darren Beachley lined up for Thursday morning (2/5). At 9:00 a.m. Katy Daley will chat with Darren about his new venture, Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac. He has assembled a stellar band