Author: John Lawless

This past weekend the 2026 Kentucky State Fiddle Championship was held at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY. Trophies were awarded in four categories for fiddlers, as well as an overall champ, and for banjo,

Appalachian Smoke has a unique new song for their latest single, one called Guitar Song, written by mandolinist and bandleader BJ Taylor. Taylor's composition gives the story over to be told by a guitar, sharing the music its played, the many

In something of a family reunion, Bobby Osborne Jr, has been announced as the new bassist with the Larry Stephenson Band. Bobby is the youngest son of Bobby Osborne of The Osborne Brothers fame, and Stephenson was a close friend to

The 2026 IBMA Leadership Bluegrass class - photo courtesy of IBMA The International Bluegrass Music Association has shared a photo, and their congratulations, to the 2026 class of their Leadership Bluegrass workshop. This year marks a quarter century of offering this

South Carolina's King James Boys are back with a new gospel single, one written by Rick Lang and Troy Engle called Power of Prayer. It's another from their current Get A Transfer album with Pinecastle Records, which guitarist and lead vocalist

Ole Rex's Pickin' Park in Goshen, AL is the site for the twice-annual Henderson Bluegrass Jamboree, a free event that welcomes all comers, both to entertain and to enjoy good bluegrass music. It occurs the second weekends of April and

Everyone who loves bluegrass and traditional country music knows the song, The Auctioneer. It's been a hit multiple times in both genres, most recently by The Kody Norris Show in the bluegrass realm. Their cut was awarded as Song of

Dr. Banjo, aka Pete Wernick, has a job coming open this spring for an office manager in his business office. This is a remote position, so anyone, anywhere, whose interests and abilities line up with the job requirements is encouraged

We all know how important timing is in music. But there's a different sort of timing that matters in terms of the music industry, like picking the right time to release a new song to the market. Junior Sisk and Turnberry

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