Author: John Lawless

Peter Rowan's latest CD, The Old School, finds the 71 year old former Blue Grass Boy surrounded by both first generation bluegrass veterans, and some of today's most notable grassers. All but one of the 12 tracks here are Rowan

When Ben Helson left Rhonda Vincent & The Rage last Fall, we noted that he would be serving as the as Bluegrass Director of the Bethel University Renaissance program in McKenzie, TN. Bethel is a small, private Christian school with a total enrollment of just

Back in May, we shared the news that Donna Ulisse was asking fans to help out with the video she was producing at that time for her song, I Am A Child Of God. Her request involved inviting folks to

It looks like it's time for another personnel change in Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Corey Hensley has played his final show with the band, so we can expect an announcement from Doyle about a new bass player in the near future.

The Steep Canyon Rangers have released a sneak peek video from their upcoming Rounder album, Tell The Ones I Love. It gives a look of the guys at work in Levon Helm's Studio in February, along with a listen to the

A family that sings together, stays together. Isn't that what they say? Well that's how newlyweds Jonathan Maness and Wendy Crowe met and became close - through music. The pair sing and play together as WestWend, and were married earlier this month.

A number of bluegrass entertainers have spent the past few days celebrating their 2013 IBMA nominations, each according to their own style. Balsam Range has chosen to mark their five nominations by releasing an alternate ending to their recent Papertown video.   Funny

Here's a new video from alt-grassers Joy Killed Sorrow, the first from their current EP, Wide Awake, released earlier this summer on Signature Sounds. The song is Such Great Heights, originally written and recorded by pop group The Postal Service in

Mercury Classics has released The Impostor, a new project from Béla Fleck, including a pair of long-form Fleck compositions recorded with the Nashville Symphony and the Brooklyn Rider quartet. The Impostor is a concerto for banjo in three movements, performed with the symphony,

Leftover Salmon has a new single, Thornpipe, a driving banjo tune written and performed by Andy Thorn. It's the second in a set of four new tracks to be pre-released in collaboration with Colorado's Breckenridge Brewery. Free download codes are available in