Author: John Lawless

We've commented in the past about the ongoing outrage that Blue Highway guitarist - and highly influential flatpicking stylist - Tim Stafford has never received IBMA's Guitar Player Of The Year Award. Well, there is one organization who recognizes Tim's stature

After coming in 3rd place last week in the online voting, Mountain Heart's video for Road That Never Ends is once again in the running for CMT Pure 12-Pack Countdown. The video is is for the title track of the

If you weren't among the reported 76,000 in attendance at Merlefest last weekend, you can get a taste of the proceedings online. Our friend Ted Lehmann has dozens of photos posted on his blog, Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms. Ted was on

The Isaacs have posted some sample video from their recent concert DVD release, Live In Norway. It starts with a spirited instrumental version of I'll Fly Away followed by footage of the band and family sight-seeing. The DVD was filmed in

Popular old time banjoist Mary Z. Cox has released her latest CD, Florida Banjo, featuring her take on 15 fiddle tune classics. Joining her are Kerry Blech on fiddle, Ellen Sheppard on mandolin and guitar, Bob Cox on guitar, Lo Gordon

If you missed last week's episode of Wife Swap on ABC - which featured bluegrass family The Stockdales as one of the participants - don't despair. As might have been expected, the show has appeared on YouTube, broken into five

Travis Book, bass player and singer with The Infamous Stringdusters, has been engaged by the folks at CMT.com's County Music Blog to report from the road during their upcoming European tour. The 'Dusters will spend the entire month of May

Don't forget to sign up to win in our Mashville Brigade Take This Hammer contest. Ten winners will receive an autographed copy of the band's debut CD, Bluegrass Smash Hits Volume 1, and one extra-luck grand prize winner will also

Congratulations to my fellow Bluegrass Blog author Brance Gillihan and his wife Lauren on the birth of their first child, Hadassah Grace. She was born yesterday (4/27) at 4:00 p.m., coming in at 7 lbs, 13 oz and 21''

The latest (May/June) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, with a cover feature on Steep Canyon Rangers. The article features an interview with guitarist and primary vocalist Woody Platt, who discusses the band's humble beginnings, their first record deal (with