Author: John Lawless

Blue Highway's resophonic guitar master Rob Ickes has a new project released this week (8/8). Contemporary Dobro Artistry is a CD/DVD set from Mel Bay Publications that offers both CD audio and DVD video of Rob in a variety of live

The winners of the 73rd annual Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA have been posted online. Bands and pickers come each year from far and wide to enjoy the fellowship and jamming, and take a shot at carrying off a Galax

Were you to find yourself visiting an outdoor arts festival in Italy this summer, would you expect to run up on a bluegrass band? If you were in Bologna recently, you might have found Bononia Grass performing on the street for

Earlier this week, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage took time out from their busy tour schedule to catch a baseball game in St. Louis. The Cardinals were hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium on Thursday, August 7

Y'all Wire, a large country music video web site, has announced their Top 8 Bluegrass Videos for 2008 to date. The video ratings are based on the site's Multivariate Audience Meter, which measures a video's popularity of "audience engagement." In

We have a bit of closure on a story that has incensed a good many fans of old time and traditional country music, one which has prompted two posts here on Bluegrass Today this past two weeks. The Tennesean is reporting

The folks at Gold Tone have introduced a number of new banjos - cello banjos, that is. These jumbos are made with a 24.75'' scale, fitted with high-tension nylon strings. They were introduced at the January 2008 NAMM show in Anaheim,

Ex-pat British banjo picker Johnny Butten will be among the guests on today's (8/8) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX. Johnny was born and raised in England where he learned to play bluegrass banjo as a boy, winning multiple competitions

The Rhythm Road is currently seeking ten, four-piece bands for its American Music Abroad program. The acts chosen to participate will tour in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, or the Middle East for roughly a month under the auspices of

The July 21, 2008 issue of Newsweek magazine included a feature on banjo player, vocalist and songwriter Abigail Washburn and her current touring and recording venue, Sparrow Quartet. The magazine's Brian Braiker caught up with Abby and fellow quartet members B?©la