Author: John Lawless

Did you know that tomorrow is World Fiddle Day? That's right, May 20 is the day that fiddlers and violinists worldwide celebrate the music and the instrument they love so dearly with special shows, workshops, and concerts. If you hadn't heard

Reso-guitar enthusiasts have always had a special place in their hearts for Frank Harlow, who has been hand-building custom instruments from his shop in Vandalia, OH since the late-1980s. While he was still alive, Gene Wooten was Frank's biggest booster,

When BanjoLit introduced their handmade wooden banjo armrest, Dr Arm, back in 2015, it seemed a certainty that they would eventually get around to the development of this latest product, the Cover Banjo Armrest. The earliest models were designed to help

In what has become a tradition before the annual IBMA Board meetings each spring, the various members of the Board of Directors will hold a round-robin, jam-style performance this Sunday evening at Nashville's Station Inn. It shouldn't be a surprise that

Becky Johnson, a 2009 graduate of the IBMA Leadership Bluegrass program, is the recipient of a Best Team Performance award given out during the recent Leadership Bluegrass Alumni Retreat at the YMCA Blue Ridge Center in Black Mountain, NC. Johnson has

Spanish banjo master Lluis Gomez has released a new music video for one of the tracks on his current album, Dotze Contes. It's for the pop song What A Wonderful World, written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, which

Do you have a young bluegrass band with at least two members 25 years of age or younger, and would like to showcase your music at the 2017 World of Bluegrass Convention in Raleigh, NC this summer, now is the

C.F. Martin has introduced several new guitar models for 2017 which they have been displaying at industry trade and guitar shows in the early parts of this year. As is their habit, some are targeted at the collectors market, with

Penny Parsons, author of Foggy Mountain Troubadour - The Life and Music of Curly Seckler, will speak on Friday (May 19) at The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC. She will talk about Curly's time with Flatt & Scruggs, his

Rick Cornish has shared another batch of his bluegrass cartoons, illustrate by Donna Miklica, from their new book, Bluegrass - Funnier Than It Sounds. See if you pick up a theme...Rick and Donna's book, with 160 pages of bluegrass humor, can