Author: John Lawless

Jan de Mooy from The Netherlands sent along a number of terrific photos he took during the European World of Bluegrass festival in Voorthuizen earlier this month. He captured images of of 12 different bands on stage, from 9 different European

The Great American Country cable televison network (GAC) is seeking submissions for their upcoming talent competition, The Next GAC Star. GAC is partnering with Music Nation and their Original Signal Recording label, to manage the competition. Their goal is to select

Rounder has announced that Keep On Walkin', the third CD from The Grascals, will be released on July 15. Twelve new tracks are featured, with three compositions from Aubrey Holt, two songs co-written by the band's Jamie Johnson, and remakes of

Cherryholmes invited the video cameras into the studio during the recent sessions for their third Skaggs Family project. They captured a behind-the-scenes look at how the family records, and a few tastes of some of the new songs, still in

How many of us would look favorably on the notion of returning to high school after having reached adulthood. Not many, I would guess. For most of us, our teen aged years were busy, confusing and often highly-stressful times. For one

CMT is marking the month of May (bluegrass month!) with some special programming tomorrow morning (5/13). From 6:00-8:00 and 9:00-11:00 a.m. (ET/PT) CMT will feature blocks of all bluegrass videos on their popular cable TV network. The music videos will be

Speaking of contests... Here are the lucky winners in our recent The Mashville Brigade Take This Hammer promotion. Each will receive an autographed copy of the band's debut release Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1, courtesy of Rural Rhythm Records. Margaret Benson -

This past Saturday, May 10, saw uber mandolinist Adam Steffey wed to Tina Trianosky, lovely young lady and fine banjo picker. The happy couple were united at the First Baptist Church in Mountain City, TN with a full contingent of

Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters, is debuting his talent as a documentary filmmaker during the band's current European tour. He will be posting video updates on YouTube while the band is overseas, with the first three available

When we posted last week about Chris Warner's CD reissue of two previous LP releases, we included a passing reference to Tom Adams' non-denial of the rumor that he and Chris were starting a band. Tom's coyness aside, Chris has verified