Author: John Lawless

Bluegrass fans in central Connecticut will be without a primary destination event this season. For the past 16 years, the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival has brought top artists to the area during the first weekend in August, but it appears

Lee Roy, the mandolin playing half of The Roys, had a weekend to forget, spending much of Friday in the hospital trying to pass a kidney stone. Anyone who has experienced this condition knows that it can be very painful,

Having recorded a new solo project all by himself, and wanting to promote it with a performance music video, Chris Henry was faced with an interesting challenge. He couldn't do the typical band-out-in-field concept, since he had played all the instruments and

Bluegrass songstress Valerie Smith is introducing a newly-revamped version of her touring group, Liberty Pike. Though it features all female musicians, Valerie said that this wasn't her aim when assembling the new band, it just sort of happened organically. Joining her

Regular attendees at the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass convention will find a number of changes in store this year. Moving to a new facility in a new city means getting used to a new layout, new hotels

Clinton Gregory would appear to be another country music artist taking a stab at bluegrass. The Virginia native had some chart success in the early '90s, particularly with the song If It Weren't For Country Music I'd Go Crazy. Gregory went

Rounder has released a sampler video which includes snippets from three tracks on the upcoming Dailey & Vincent album, Brothers Of The Highway. You can hear pieces of Back To Jackson County, Howdy Neighbor Howdy, and the record's debut single, Steel

Rounder Records has released Bored of the Raging, a three song digital EP from their upcoming project with The Deadly Gentlemen. These Gentlemen serve as the creative outlet for Boston-based banjo player Greg Liszt, who is also a member of Crooked

Good news from fiddle legend, Tex Logan. After having been hospitalized late last week in hypertensive crisis, Tex has been released into a rehab facility for what is expected to be a short stay for occupational and physical therapy before returning

Mipso is a young string band who met during their time as students at the University of North Carolina in 2010. They continue to perform and record in the Triangle area, with their own original style of contemporary folk and bluegrass