Author: John Lawless

We just heard from Frank Ray, founder and mandolinist with the popular Missouri-based Cedar Hill, about some changes in the band's makeup as they head into the new year. Longtime bass player Ali Keisler and guitarist Jesse Durham will be

CMT.com, the online side of cable network CMT (Country Music Television), has posted a list of their Ten Favorite Bluegrass Albums of 2005. The choices cover an interesting range of styles, and include both new and re-issue projects from legends and

Del McCoury fans should enjoy reading this article, which ran in December 29 issue of The Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, TN. Though published primarily as a preview piece on The Del McCoury Band's annual New Year's Eve concert in

We posted last week to let everyone know that Rob Ickes and Tim Stafford would be guests on National Public Radio's All Things Considered program on Christmas Day. At that time, we suggested that audio of the interview would appear

We have posted several times about the recent embrace of traditional bluegrass instruments as a principal of study at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, MA. While other post secondary schools facilitate the study of bluegrass music - most

Celebrated tunesmith Roger Murrah, recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame, is planning to head into the studio in early 2006 to record his first ever songwriter album, on which he will personally give voice to some of

We have tried to keep our readers informed about changes in the ways recorded music is distributed, as it is something that we think will be of interest to both consumers and producers of bluegrass music. The growth of the

Canadian acoustic-fusion group The Duhks created quite a stir when their self-titled CD was released on Sugar Hill Records earlier this year. The band has been touring extensively since that time, and new fans have been regularly frustrated by the

John Ratzenberger's Made In America is a popular television program on the cable network, Travel Channel. The show journeys to sites all over the United States to highlight businesses, both large and small, who manufacture products here in America. A

The newest release in the CMH Records Pickin' On series is just out, entitled Pickin' On Nickel Creek: A Bluegrass Tribute. 11 songs taken from the three Nickel Creek recordings are done in instrumental bluegrass arrangements, including The Lighthouse Tale,