Author: John Lawless

Saturday, December 10 at 9:00 p.m. (EST) will be the first of five airings of Ricky Skaggs' Christmas special on Country Music Television (CMT). Entitled Christmas Time Is Here: A Skaggs Family Celebration, the one hour program will feature Ricky

We had posted previously about the EWOB '05 CD featuring the various bands who showcased during the European World Of Bluegrass convention in The Netherlands this past May. We mentioned at the time that the CD could be ordered online

Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas will be the subject of this weekend's edition of Total Access on the cable network Country Music Television (CMT). This program isn't so much focused on live performance as it is a

We received another batch of photos from the Vilnius Bluegrass festival, the first of its kind to be held in Lithuania, about which we reported a few times recently here and here. Click either of the photos below to see

Country music superstar Charlie Daniels was in the news over the Thanksgiving weekend for his work with Operation Heartstrings, an effort to provide music for US military personnel overseas. On a trip to visit and entertain the troops earlier this

Shortly after I started playing bluegrass music seriously back in 1973, Bill Monroe released a double album of live recordings from his Bean Blossom festival. For a teenager just learning about the music, this recorded glimpse into a major festival

You could own a choice piece of Nickel Creek memorabilia - or start a new mandolin player out on the right foot - were you to win this auction on eBay for a Kentucky KM-630 F-stye mandolin, autographed by the

Multiple IBMA Award winning guitarist Jim Hurst has his own guitar bulletin board, titled appropriately enough, Jim's Bulletin Board. The board is dedicated to guitar and guitar music discussion, and Jim posts there regularly himself. It seems that Jim launched the

The 9th annual RenoFest will be held March 24-26, 2006 in Hartsville, SC. Billed as a celebration of the life and times of Don Reno, this event has included both concert performances and instrumental competitions, for banjo and guitar -

An official statement is expected today from Earl Scruggs' management concerning his health and current condition following a fall in Myrtle Beach a week ago. We will release it here as soon as we receive it. In researching this over the