Author: John Lawless

The Harry and Lavon Webb Education Center, a part of Roanoke, VA's Jefferson Center, has announced an evening bluegrass camp for middle and high school students in January of 2025. The Jefferson Center was born from the old Jefferson High School

Richard Ciferský in the Banjolit shop Richard Ciferský in the Slovak Republic has announced some big changes with his internationally popular banjo accessories company, Banjolit. His partner of the past 11 years, Miroslav Durai, has decided to break away to focus

Crandall Creek has released a new single today, along with a video where they discuss and demonstrate the process by which they go from a concept to a finished song. Less Or More is the title of the new song, written

This morning, the nominees for the 67th annual Grammy Awards were announced to great fanfare via online streaming. Most of the international media, of course, is focused on how many categories Beyoncé is nominated in, while we are concerned with

Mountain Fever Records has a new single from traditional bluegrass hero Junior Sisk, another from his current If There's a Will There's a Way album. This time it's a charming mountain-style love song, What A Wonderful Life, written by John Michael

The International Bluegrass Music Association is now accepting applications for their 2025 International Band Performance Grant, which awards $5,000 to a non-US bluegrass act who would like to visit the United States and perform as part of the 2025 World

South Carolina's Todd Taylor, the banjo man in black, has turned his passion for translating rock music to the five string banjo towards the country rock sound of the 1970s in his latest release. It's a banjo pickin' take on

City Songs is a program in Knoxville, TN, associated with the Big Ears Festival, which creates music videos for young songwriters who compose new pieces about the region. This summer they worked with Oklahoma banjo player and vocalist Braxton Rogers, who

Michael Cleveland accepts the Bluegrass Star award at Blooming Bluegrass 2024with Rhonda Vincent, Dan Tyminski, and Del McCoury - photo © Randy Watkins The 2024 Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival, held October 18-19 in Farmers Branch, TX, will be the final such event

Andrew Crawford - photo © Ken Voltz Since aligning with Bonfire Music Group, bluegrass singer/songwriter Andrew Crawford has gained tremendous attention for his solo recordings, as well as those with his wife, Brandi Colt. The two live in South Carolina with