Author: John Lawless

We made mention of the launch of Fretboard Journal late last year, when the inaugural issue was set to be published. We have just received word that their third edition is being mailed now to subscribers, with a publication date

Voila!! After much consternation, trial and error, and long distance coaching, it appears that I have successfully uploaded what should have been last week's edition of The GrassCast. My apology for the delay. Hopefully this week's episode will be uploaded

Just last week, Lonesome River Band celebrated the release of The Road With No End, their tenth project as a band, and their first with the newly-reconstituted membership. Bandleader Sammy Shelor has brought former Lost & Found lead singer Barry

The American Made Banjo Co, Inc. based in Boston, MA, has been quite active this past year. Owner Tom Mirisola reactivated the Kel Kroydon brand, and has been offering both replicas of these pre war banjos, and more modern variants

Gracie Muldoon has two interviews coming up in the early part of this week. Later today (7/24), she will welcome Jim VanCleve of Mountain Heart as her guest. They will surely talk about his current solo release, No Apologies, and

Your humble authors of Bluegrass Today are featured in a profile in today's edition of The Roanoke Times, our hometown newspaper. It was written by Ralph Berrier, one-time features writer for the paper, more recently on sabbatical, and now preparing

We have mentioned a few times this past month that CMT had visited The Lewis Family in the studio while they were recording their recently released CD, Flying High. That feature is scheduled to be a part of CMT's Insider program

The IBMA has announced that the host for this year's International Bluegrass Music Awards show will be Marty Stuart. The show will be held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on September 28, 2006, at which time the

Fiddler Richard Greene established himself as among the leading lights on his instrument when his stellar Duets album was released on Rounder in 1977. Not that he wasn't already a major player. He had done his time with Bill Monroe's

Sorry folks... I have been unable to get this week's GrassCast episode encoded and uploaded for delivery. The next three episodes have been recorded and edited, with the expectation that I could set them for delivery during Brance's absence,