Author: John Lawless

I spoke recently with Pat Cloud, banjo player extraordinaire, and am delighted to learn that he is back in the US to stay after many years working primarily overseas. Pat is known in many circles primarily for his contributions to

Those Were The Days is the title for the next CD release from Dolly Parton, with an October 11 release date cited by Sugar Hill Records. The theme of this recording is Dolly doing duets with a number of notable

Uncle Earl, the all-female old time band making such a splash at bluegrass festivals this summer, is featured in the Breaking & Entering column in the August 10 edition of Billboard magazine. This recurring feature offers a glimpse at acts

The Virginia Bluegrass Concert Series debuts October 22, 2005 in Danville, VA. This series is promoted by Just Right Productions, a Florida production company specializing in bluegrass and acoustic music. This first show will feature The Lost & Found and

Noted bluegrass/acoustic songwriter and sideman Keith Sewell steps out front with his debut release on Skaggs Family Records. Love Is A Journey is scheduled for an August 23, 2005 release and features 12 new songs written or co-written by Keith.

A trio of radio stations in southern OH owned by Joe Mullins is offering 24/7 webcasting of their broadcast signal, with a mix of traditional bluegrass and classic country. WBZI in Xenia, WKFI in Wilmington and WEDI in Eaton jointly

Once again, Rhonda Vincent has been forced to cancel some shows owing to a sudden hospitalization. According to her fan club president, she was taken to the hospital for some tests to determine the reason why she had become severely

Alison Krauss & Union Station's most recent CD release doesn't contain any new recordings, though there are bonus video tracks included on the disk. Home on the Highways is a retrospective containing tracks from a number of different previously-released projects,

IBMA recently revised the lineup for the 2005 Fan Fest (October 28-30 in Nashville). Read the press release... BLUEGRASS FAN FEST 2005 October 28, 29, 30 Nashville Convention Center - Nashville, Tennessee USA Sponsored by MARTHA WHITE, SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO, MARTIN GUITARS and BLUEGRASS

It appears that this set of 5th string capos for banjo has been on the market for a year or so, and doesn't really qualify as a new product, but it was news to us when Stan Riddle contacted me