Kristin Scott Benson finds herself in familiar territory — surrounded by males — as she is in the finalist list for Banjo Player of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association. She’s the only female artist on the list
A Pinecastle Records artist, Benson can be found these days performing with the Larry Stephenson [...]

Austin Lounge Lizards
The Austin Lounge Lizards have delighted audiences all over the USA, Canada and the U.K., with their inventive style of satirical folk, country and bluegrass. Based in Austin, Texas, since they formed in 1980, the Lizards have honed their music into a razor-sharp art form.
September
8 - Auburn Hills Bluegrass Festival - Civic Center [...]

Dale Ann Bradley
September
6 - The Station Inn, Nashville Tn
14 - Old Fashioned Days Festival - Shawnee Park, Xenia OH
22 - Mountaineer Opry House - Huntington, WV
October
2 - IBMA World of Bluegrass Showcase - Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, TN
5 - Hullabaloo - Lake of the Springs Campground, Roseville, CA
6 - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival - Speedway [...]

J.D. Crowe photo by Steve Mobley
J.D.’s dot com has a new look
J.D. Crowe & the New South have a new, contemporary Web site up and running … kind of.
Look for it at http://www.jdcrowe.net. The home page is slick, but a lot of the links to other areas of the site show they are still [...]

Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum
Laurie Lewis
on Hightone Records
August
20-24 - British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, Sorrento, B.C.
http://www.musicworkshops.ca/
September
6 - Little Fox, Redwood City, Calif.
650-369-4119 http://www.foxdream.com
7 - Studio E, Sebastopol, Calif.
707-542-7143 http://www.northbaylive.com
8 - Mountain Sage, Groveland, Calif.
209-962-4686 http://www.mtnsage.com
22 - [...]