Author: John Lawless

Here are two other special bluegrass shows being cybercast online today. Blue Plate Special on WDVX has live sets from banjo picker extraordinaire Danny Barnes, and fiddler/vocalist Barbara Lamb. The show airs at noon in the Knoxville market at 102.9 FM,

We received a note from our friend, Andrea Roberts, primary agent at the Andrea Roberts Agency, wife to Danny Roberts of The Grascals, and a very talented bluegrass performer in her own right. She tells a story of a close

Subscribers to the venerable British Bluegrass News will soon receive their Winter 08/09 issue in the mail. Though BBN has been published continuously each quarter for many years by the British Bluegrass Music Association (BBMA), this (#47) will be the first

Ron Block will be the featured guest on Friday's (12/12) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM. He will join host Carol Beaugard from 11:00 a.m. until noon to talk about his new AcuTab banjo instructional DVD, A Fresh Look At

David Grier made a brief promotional video when he stopped in to the studios of WAMU's Bluegrass Country for a live set on November 24. After a brief promotional announcement, he launches into a flatpick version of Angeline The Baker in

The nominees for the 2009 Bluegrass Music Awards hosted by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) have been announced. The awards will be distributed during the annual SPBGMA convention in Nashville, which will be held February

Blue Plate Special typically airs during the week in Knoxville, TN on WDVX FM - Monday-Friday at noon (EST). This Saturday, however (12/13), they will be offering a special live remote broadcast from Pigeon Forge. This show will air at noon,

"Nashville may have killed country music, but who will die at the Dakin Family Bluegrass Festival?" How's that as a tease for a mystery novel set at a bluegrass music event? The book is Dobro Dreamer by Peter McGinn, published earlier

Gary Reid and Copper Creek Records (Bluegrass Productions of Virginia) have once again produced their annual Bluegrass Calendar. The 2009 edition focuses on Pinecastle Records as they celebrate their 20th anniversary in '09. Each month features full cover photos of Pinecastle

Aaron McDaris, the incoming banjo player with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, has something else to celebrate this Christmas season. He and his wife, Amy, welcomed their second child, Katie Leann, on December 8. She was born at 3:46 (EST) and