Doyle Lawson and Donna Ulisse launch Tall Oaks Music
Ashley Atz, Doyle Lawson, and Donna Ulisse at the Tall Oaks Music launch – photo © Dawn Kenney This article is a contribution from bluegrass songwriter and performer Dawn Kenney. Tall Oaks Music, a new music publishing company under the Turnberry Records umbrella, officially launched Wednesday with bluegrass icons Donna Ulisse and Doyle Lawson at […]
Doyle Lawson: Incredible talent, but also mentor to young musicians
This recollection is a contribution from Tom Schuveiller, co-host of Inside Bluegrass on The Bluegrass Jamboree. He describes what he witnessed as Doyle Lawson gave an impromptu lesson to a young picker backstage a few years ago. It was January of 2019. I had just come off a bluegrass cruise and was at Evans Media […]
Keep A Memory from Jason Barie, featuring Russell Moore and Doyle Lawson
Billy Blue Records has a new single for Jason Barie, fiddler with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, who is also a well-regarded luthier and recording artist on his own. It’s a track from his upcoming full-length project, Radioactive, due later this month. They have chosen a Carter Stanley classic, Keep A Memory, sung by […]
Inaugural Words on the Water songwriting workshop in 2023
Florida’s beautiful gulf coast is the setting for the first ever Words on the Water songwriting workshop, scheduled for March 2-5, 2023. A joint venture between Lil House Songwriting Workshop and Laughing Penguin Publicity and Consulting, the three-day seminar is designed to help serious songwriters develop not only their skills but also their understanding of […]
Akira Otsuka’s photos of The Country Gentlemen circa late 1970s
Charlie Waller recording with The Country Gentlemen at Track Recorders - photo © Akira Otsuka Here is another gallery of photos Akira Otsuka took at Track Recorders in Silver Spring, MD during the late 1970s. These are of the Country Gentlemen tracking for their two Sugar Hill records, Sit Down Young Stranger and River Bottom, [...] Day 1 at Denton FarmPark Bluegrass & Country Music Festival
After hosting the bluegrass festival at Denton FarmPark for over 40 years, bluegrass patriarch Doyle Lawson retired, and the North Carolina-based classic country band, The Malpass Brothers, are serving as new headliners, appearing daily, for the three-day music event this weekend. Karen Miller, co-owner of the FarmPark, shared, "I have much admiration for Doyle. First, he is [...] The School of Bluegrass with Doyle Lawson – Alan Munde with Jimmy Martin
In this recurring column, bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson answers your questions about his storied musical career. To ask a question, either comment below, or send us your question by email. Howdy folks howdy... (my best imitation of Mr Monroe) and I must say it looks a lot closer to him than it would sound if [...] The School of Bluegrass with Doyle Lawson – tell us about your mandolin
In this recurring column, bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson answers your questions about his storied musical career. To ask a question, either comment below, or send us your question by email. Here we go again down memory lane of my musical journey. And I do want to make clear that if other people are involved in [...] That Train Don’t Stop Here Anymore video from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
We may not have Doyle Lawson to kick around any more, at least not on stage with Quicksilver, but the rich legacy of music they have recorded will be with us until the end of days. Billy Blue Records is releasing a new single this week from Roundtable, Doyle's final project with the band, and we [...] The School of Bluegrass with Doyle Lawson – tell us about Bean Blossom
Here we go again, and I must tell you I appreciate your questions, and quite honestly I have to dig deep in my memory bank for some of them. But that’s a good thing. Throughout the history of DL&Q, except for a brief period in the mid '90s I always notice you carried an electric [...] 