Author: John Lawless

Lonesome River Band is this weekend's featured guest on Studio Special, the live music and interview show on Bluegrass Junction, airing on XM and Sirius satellite radio. LRB visited the XM Nashville studios recently to talk with host Kyle Cantrell about

Megan Lynch sent along details about her two 2009 FiddleStar instructional camps, held in Ridge Top, TN - just north of Nashville. The adult camp is scheduled for April 30-May 9 and, in addition to Megan, will feature legendary fiddler Bobby

The Deering Banjo Company shut down their Nashville showroom this Monday, January 5. California-based Deering established this central US beachhead in July '06 to help make their product line more visible to both country/bluegrass pros living and working in Music

The recent merger between XM and Sirius satellite radio has meant a lot of retraining and extra duties for the staff and on-air hosts of Bluegrass Junction, the all-bluegrass channel which now airs on both services. Program Director Kyle Cantrell

Chris Thile is the subject of a multimedia interview in the January edition of WebMusicBox, the online publication of the American Music Center. It is a conversation with Frank Oteri, founding editor of the webzine, presented both in text and

Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale and Sam Bush are all scheduled as presenters at Music Producers Institute sessions in 2009. These 3 day sessions offer a crash course in how successful studio producers "do what they do." Led by Grammy-winning producer Steve

April 2009 has been set as the publication date for the in-depth biography of Tony Rice, of which we first learned more than two years ago. Written by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright, it will be debuted during this year's

Dailey & Vincent won nearly every conceivable award from IBMA in 2008. They have a new CD due in March, and their tour schedule is the envy of most every other bluegrass act. Now, they have dipped their toes into the

After a hiatus of 16 months, Clay Jones has re-assumed the guitar chair with Mountain Heart. Jones left the band in August of 2007 to deal with some personal and familial issues, and with Clay Hess having left the group to

Larry Keel and Natural Bridge have released a new CD for 2009. Backwoods features 10 tracks, with 7 originals from the band, all performed in the high-energy, ultra-progressive style that is the hallmark of their popular live show. It features Keel on