Author: John Lawless

WorldWideBluegrass.com has announced a new show hosted by Jay Armsworthy, a popular radio host and bluegrass singer in Maryland. His show, Bluegrass On The Bay, debuts tonight (11/26) at 6:00 p.m. and will air every Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00. Jay has hosted

Nonesuch Records has announced that the debut solo project for former Nickel Creek fiddler and vocalist Sara Watkins will be released in April 7, 2009. The CD was produced by John Paul Jones, and will include guest spots from former

The Grascals will perform this morning (11/25) in Ft. Campbell, KY for the soldiers, prior to an address by President Bush. The President will also bestow a Volunteer Service Award to a local hero. Jamie Johnson speaks for the band about

We have learned that Martie Maguire, of Dixie Chicks fame, is working on an instrumental, fiddle-based bluegrass album. Serious Chix fans know that Martie and her sister (and fellow Dixie Chick) Emily Robison started out as bluegrass performers. They played together

The music video for Bradley Walker's A Little Change has been running on CMT and GAC for the past two weeks, and came in at #1 in the CMT Pure 12 Pack Countdown for the week of November 21. We had

As has been widely speculated this past few weeks, Rhonda Vincent has confirmed that Aaron McDaris is her new banjo player, and that Ben Helson is taking the guitar spot. Both take the job effective today (11/24). McDaris had been performing

David Grier will be performing live on Monday morning (11/24) at 10:30 a.m. on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. He will join hosts Katy Daley and Lee Michael Demsey to pick some guitar and talk about his latest CD, Live at the Linda.

Banks of the Ohio: Music from the Homeplace of Bluegrass, the weekly syndicated radio broadcast produced by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY, has announced a new host. George McKnight will take over the duties from founding host Fred

Punch, the debut CD from Chris Thile's Punch Brothers, is among the nominees in the Best CDs of 2008 listener poll at NPR.com. The band is encouraging their many fans and friends to register at the NPR Community site, and

Bryan Simpson of Cadillac Sky will be the featured guest today (11/21) on Gracie's Muldoon's show on WorldWideBluegrass.com. Muldoon In The Afternoon airs from noon to 2:00 p.m. (ET) each Friday afternoon, and Bryan's segment is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. To listen