Author: John Lawless

Ned Luberecki has reported on Sirius Bluegrass this morning that guitarist Mike Jump has left Cadillac Sky and is replaced by David Mayfield. Mayfield is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter with many years' experience in bluegrass and country music. Ned tells us

The nominees for the 2008 Country Music Awards were announced earlier this week, and there are only two bluegrass-related artists who made the cut. Jerry Douglas is nominated again for Musician Of The Year, and award he has won three times

The latest CD from Lonesome River Band, No Turning Back, was released earlier this week on Rural Rhythm Records. Band leader Sammy Shelor told us that he was psyched about the new album, and was especially pleased that Rural Rhythm was

We have posted a number of times this year about the movie, Billy: The Early Years, a bio pic dramatization of the childhood and youth of celebrated evangelist Billy Graham. The bluegrass connection comes in the fact that young mandolin/vocal

Rounder has announced that they will release A Hundred Miles or More: Live From The Tracking Room featuring Alison Krauss on DVD this fall. This presentation was aired on GAC television last year when Alison's A Hundred Miles Or More: A

We posted a few weeks ago when it was announced that Mountain Heart would be opening a number of shows for country rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. With those shows coming up this week, the guys are preparing a few surprises to

Sugar Hill Records has announced that international acoustic trio The Greencards have signed with the label to release their fourth CD project. Producer Jay Joyce is in the studio with the band now and the new album is expected in

Former Dillard and current fiction writer Mitch Jayne has just learned that he will be receiving the 2008 Governor's Humanities Book Award from the Missouri Humanities Council. The award is in recognition of his book, Fiddler's Ghost, published in 2007.

Tonight (9/9), young bluegrassers The Wright Kids take the stage of NBC's America's Got Talent to try and pick and sing their way into the show's Top 10 finalists. Winners are chosen each week by audience vote, and the kids

Thank You For Caring, the new CD from singer/songwriter Jeanette Williams, will be released tomorrow (9/9) on Blue Circle Records, the independent label run by Tom T. and Dixie Hall. Among the 14 tracks are songs which Jeanette has written, along