Author: John Lawless

The 2006 IBMA World Of Bluegrass and Fan Fest schedules are now available on Bluegrass Today. All the many official, IBMA-sanctioned events can be found in this fully-searchable online database. This would include daytime events such as member meetings, seminars

Jeff Dore, a journalist with WSB-TV (Channel 2) in Atlanta had a bird's-eye view of the recent record-setting banjo pickin' at Turner Field on Septemebr 13. Jeff took part in the event as a banjo player, and records his impressions in

The folks at CMT.com, the online home of Nashville's Country Music Television network (CMT), will once again host a CMT Pickin' Party during IBMA's Fan Fest. The event will run from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September, 29 at

Lorraine Jordan and nine of her fellow Daughters Of Bluegrass join Kyle Cantrell of XM Satellite Radio on this week's edition of Studio Special on XM Channel 14. They performed songs from the new CD, Back To The Well, and

Sugar Hill is set to release an interesting 4-disc set from Dolly Parton on October 10. The box set will consist of three audio CDs and a DVD, and will be distributed as Dolly Parton, The Acoustic Collection 1999-2002. The set

We told you back in June that Doyle Lawson was to be the recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts this year. That award was presented yesterday, and Doyle reported being plainly humbled

As promised, John Drummond sent along some photos of the Guinness Record event last night at Turner Field in Atlanta. They were all taken by Bill Massey. Here the 238 banjo players who participated in the event run through their group

The Nothin' Fancy web site reports that their tour bus was rear-ended by a pickup truck as they were en route to Kentucky in the wee hours of this past Friday morning. No one was injured, but the bus suffered

Well, they did it! We have posted several times this summer about plans by the folks at Banjo.com to obtain a listing in The Guinness Book of World Records to honor Earl Scruggs. Yesterday in Atlanta, they succeeded, and the record

We have posted previously about the scholarships offered each year by the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend, sponsored by Gibson, and now renamed to honor the memory of Charlie Derrington. The scholarships will allow four young bluegrass musicians (aged 13-24) to attend