Author: John Lawless

Mel Bay Publications has released a series of children's chord books for young pickers getting started on banjo, mandolin or ukulele. Each book runs 24 pages and presents the chords systematically, starting with simple shapes and moving later to more difficult

Here's another happy ending for a stolen instrument alert... We posted last week about a student at East Tennessee State University whose car was stolen, with her upright bass inside. As it happens, it looks like the thieves weren't much interested in

Bluegrass Unlimited magazine has a special offer in effect for the rest of October. Any subscription purchased until October 31 (new or renewal) will qualify for a free compilation CD of their choosing. The choices are sampler discs from Rounder, Rebel

Rounder has announced January 20, 2009 as the release date for a new project from Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press. Bluegrass & Beyond will feature 12 new tracks from Bobby and his band (Bobby Osborne Jr. on bass, Dana

Rounder Records subtitles banjo man Tony Trischka's newly-reissued 1985 album Hill Country as The Tony Trischka Bluegrass Album. That reference doesn't seem especially startling to modern eyes, following Tony's success in 2007 with his Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular project, but when

Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer were the sole guests on Monday's (10/20) Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour, with the full 60 minutes dedicated to the music of their recent CD/DVD project, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile. Host Michael Jonathan also conducts

The Infamous Stringdusters are featured in a recent video episode on the AT&T blue room, a site that offers tons of live music, interviews and sports programming online. They perform three songs from their current CD live in the studio (Bound

Everett's Music Barn has been hosting bluegrass music shows in North Georgia for years, and has been a gathering place for Georgia fans and pickers on Saturday nights since 1970. They hold concerts with national touring acts every other weekend,

The Crowe Brothers have a new CD on Rural Rhythm, Brothers-n-Harmony, which again showcases their brand of traditional bluegrass and country music, with an emphasis on brother duets. The 12 tracks include classics from the Louvin Brothers and Don Reno, along

OK... maybe not everywhere, but sometimes it seems that way. They popped up in a recent issue of the star-style magazine US Weekly, and will appear in the January edition of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. They also found themselves in the