Author: John Lawless

Banjo players - and fans of Jimmy Martin - know Chris Warner for his driving style and hard hitting approach to the five string. Chris worked twice for Martin as a member of his Sunny Mountain Boys, from 1967-69, and

Our friend Dave Hollender gave us a nice report last month after Chris Thile and Punch Brothers offered a clinic at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on April 7. Dave shared some photos and a nice run down

Two Colorado companies who are leaders in their respective fields will soon be working together to produce a new line of musical instrument cases. Colorado Case Company of Ft. Collins is a familiar name to musicians in all genres, bluegrass included.

Who says you can't go home again? Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank is profiled in his hometown paper, The Lexington Dispatch, in Davidson County, NC. Ashby was raised in nearby Tyro, and is given the hero's welcome in the this lengthy

Later today, we'll be selecting the winners in our Take This Hammer, Mashville Brigade promotion here on Bluegrass Today. There's still a little time left, so be sure to enter to win autographed copies of their new CD, Bluegrass Smash Hits

This weekend's Grand Ole Opry broadcasts once again has something for bluegrass fans - both on radio and TV. The Friday Opry (5/2) will include a show from Mountain Heart, in the 10:00-10:30 p.m. segment, and the guys will be back

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper will be performing live today (5/2) at noon on WDVX's Blue Plate Special. Presumably, they will include material from their upcoming Rounder release, due out in late July. Blue Plate Special is broadcast on WDVX-FM 102.9 in

The new music video from Rhonda Vincent has debuted this morning on CMT.com. It's for the song I Gotta Start Somewhere from her latest Rounder project, Good Thing Going. Watch the full video on CMT's Country Music Blog. You can also see

The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the winners of their Best CDs of 2007 awards. To be eligible, a project must have acoustic instrumentation (at least in part) and be released on an independent (non-major) label. The Infamous Stringdusters got the

CMT.com's Country Music Blog has just published Merlefest remembrances from three bluegrass artists. Rhonda Vincent, Blue Highway (Tim Stafford) and Sierra Hull share some thoughts about last weekend's mega-fest in North Wilkesboro, NC. Sierra had an especially poignant memory to cherish