Author: John Lawless

Mountain Heart is just finishing up a brief tour in Switzerland, and have sent along a few "What I did on my Alpine vacation" photos for all us to enjoy. Jim VanCleve has promised us another photo essay before they head

Gibson has a lengthy article on their web site which features an interview with blues artist Otis Taylor, whose Recapturing The Banjo CD we discussed here last week. The newly-released project represents Taylor's desire to reconnect the banjo as it is

Another CD we received recently came from Spanish banjoist Lluis Gómez. His new project is entitled Quartet, taken from the name of his group, and features 10 instrumental tracks, most of them Gomez compositions. He is joined by the members of

College radio has long been a launching ground for new artists in the music business, and a place where few of the recognized programming rules hold sway. A number of younger bluegrass and alternative acoustic acts have found success in

Sam Bush will a featured guest on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast on public radio stations all over the US. The show will broadcast live from St. Paul, MN on February 9 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (EST) over

Our friends at ukbluegrass.com have been following the success of The Carrivick Sisters as they compete on the Upstaged show on BBC. The program is a talent show with such odd twists as having contestants perform for hours in a

Randy Kohrs has been named the recipient of the Country/Bluegrass songwriting prize for 2008 from the International Acoustic Music Association in the 4th Annual IAMA Awards. The award is for the song Rockwell's Gold from his current CD, Old Photograph

Old Crow Medicine Show is nominated for two CMT Music Awards, both for their I Hear Them All music video from their 2006 CD, Big Iron World. They are nominated in the Group Video and Wide Open Country Video of the

Edward Morris of CMT News was on hand at last Sunday's 34th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards, put on by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA). His piece at CMT.com both reviews the show and lists

Fiddler Brandon Godman has come onboard with New Found Road, effective this past weekend. He did his first shows with the band at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville - where they picked up an award for Gospel Group of the