Author: John Lawless

We have just learned that Danny Paisley has come through successful triple bypass surgery about an hour ago. He will be in recovery for another couple hours before he can see anyone, but we're told that the procedure went well. He

Banjo picker Russ Carson has announced that he will be leaving Audie Blaylock & Redline at the end of this month. He had been with the band for just over three years and was featured on their Hard Country and

And now for something completely different... Ryan Cavanaugh is a highly skilled banjo player who has made his bones playing jazz and jazz-funk music, primarily with contemporary jazz sax man Bill Evans. But like most five string envelope pushers, he was

Josh Shilling, vocalist with Mountain Heart, and his longtime sweetheart, Aleah Dillon, were married on December 1. Aleah is a web developer near Nashville. The pair have been together for 10 years, and met in the Roanoke, VA area before moving

The 2014 Grammy nominees were announced on Friday evening. In the midst of the cavalcade of glitzy stars was news of the all-important Best Bluegrass Album. And the nominees are: It's Just A Road - The Boxcars, Mountain Home Brothers Of The Highway - Dailey

One of the things that newly-minted bluegrass fans often mention after their first encounters is the informal and accessible relationship between the artists and their fans. It's a rare show where the performers don't make themselves available for a brief

Those of us who have been following bluegrass closely this past decade or so don't need an introduction to Rebecca Frazier, or her band Hit & Run. A multi-talented performer, Frazier (née Hoggan) had been out of the limelight this

The Grascals have released a video for Road To Milan, the lone instrumental on their new Mountain Home album, When I Get My Pay. It's a different sort of music video, following the band in the studio as they rehearse and

Russell Moore has announced the two newest members of IIIrd Tyme Out. Keith McKinnon is coming aboard on banjo, and Blake Johnson on bass. This was necessitated by the departures of both Steve Dilling and Edgar Loudermilk last month, both of whom had been

In addition to being an award-winning resonator guitarist, Phil Leadbetter was also one of the busiest booking agents in bluegrass prior to his cancer treatments starting in the Spring of 2011. He was the primary agent for J.D. Crowe &