Author: John Lawless

We've been running updates every so often with news about bluegrass bands and artists who are developing a presence on MySpace.com, the network of "friends" which has become a particularly hot property, and an occasionally controversial, Internet destination. You can

The May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles was mailed earlier this week, and should reach subscribers over this next few days. Included in this issue is a cover feature on Mountain Heart, on the occasion of their new CD release,

Noted bassist, old time banjo player and folk dance enthusiast Mark Schatz maintains a very informative web site which he updates periodically with news about his various activities in the music world. He has just recently posted a wealth of

Mountain Heart will be appearing this Saturday on the televised portion of the Grand Ole Opry broadcast on GAC TV. The show airs on the Great American Country cable TV network on Saturday, April 14 from 8:00-8:30 p.m. (ET/PT). It

The Martha White Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman concerts for 2006 have been announced. This popular Thursday night summertime series has run for the past several years, held in the historic birthplace of country music, the Ryman Auditorium in downtown

We promise that we aren't trying to turn Bluegrass Today into Craig's list! It's just by pure coincidence that there have been announcements about job openings twice this week that may be of interest to the fine folks who visit

We have posted many times about the online magazine, Silver Strings, published monthly by Angie Sumpter for new pickers getting started on banjo later in life. Angie puts herself in that category, and started the magazine after meeting other folks

The guest for tonight's Song Writer Chat at Bluegrass Guide's web site will be Becky Buller. The chat starts at 8:00 p.m. and instructions to log in can be found on their web site. Becky currently is the fiddler with Valerie

We heard yesterday from Art Blackburn with Monroe Crossing that they are in need of a banjo player, as Jeff Whitson has decided to move back home to Arkansas. The band is based in Ramsey, MN and works close to

CMT.com is reporting that legendary fiddler and former Bluegrass Boy Gordon Terry passed away on Sunday (4/9) after lengthy battles with multiple illnesses. We will post more information and any obituaries or tributes we find in the next few days. UPDATE: