Author: John Lawless

Today's (6/12) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX will feature a live (in-studio) set from The Infamous Stringdusters. Surely the guys will be featuring music from their new, self-titled CD, released just this week on Sugar Hill Records. Blue Plate

The entertainment press is buzzing this morning with a quote from rap and reality TV star Snoop Dogg, who says he intends to write and record a bluegrass album. Imagine the crossover potential. Maybe a reality show where Snoop desperately tries

The IBMA has announced that Cindy Baucom and Ned Luberecki will be the producers for the 2008 International Bluegrass Music Awards show. They will be tasked with coordinating the artists who will perform and the many presenters who will announce

Rounder Records has announced that Keep On Walkin', the new project from The Grascals, will be released on both compact disc and long playing vinyl. Both versions are due for release on July 15. It's the ultimate Grascals audiophile experience! The guys also

The Music Link has announced two new products that will be of interest to banjo and guitar pickers. First up is an impact resistant, fiberglass case from Guardian Cases. They are available for both resonator banjo and dreadnaught guitar. The shell

Rudy Fest 2008 in Grayson, KY will host a special reunion performance by Unlimited Tradition, featuring the members of the band at the time they recorded their 1998 Doobie Shea CD, She's Gone. The June 28 show will feature Ray Craft

Josh Shilling, lead vocalist with Mountain Heart, sent along these photos of the band at the CMA Music Festival last week.                       

The Gibson Brothers stopped in at the studios of WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Monday morning (6/2) and recorded an hour's worth of music for broadcast on BluegrassCountry.org. On-air host Katy Daley tells us that the guys were crowded into their

We've found out about a few more bluegrass happenings during this weekend's Country Music Association Music Festival and Fan Fair. The Grascals have a full day there in Nashville on Sunday (6/8). They have a Fan Fair Booth in the morning,

We've written several times about Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone and his musical journey of discovery in West Africa. He traveled to Mali in the Spring of 2007 to research the aspects of the banjo's historical roots as they are maintained