Author: John Lawless

We've received a couple of missives from NewTown regarding a personnel change within the band. Over the past 5 years NewTown has been fortunate enough to travel the country experiencing some of the finest musical events in the country. Together we

Darin and Brooke Aldridge have a new CD due to hit November 20 on Mountain Home Music. The title, Live at Red, White and Bluegrass! pretty much gives the game away. It was recorded this past summer at the RW&BG festival Morganton,

North Carolina fiddler Tim Smith has released a new album, titled simply Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends. Smith has quite a bluegrass pedigree, having worked for three years with The Bluegrass Cardinals, and with five previous solo projects to his credit.

Nora Jane Struthers... singer, songwriter, fashion icon? Yes, it's true. Nora Jane is an avid aficionado of vintage clothing, and has long made a habit of checking in on pre-owned clothing stores wherever she is on the road. Amidst touring, writing

One of the chief rules of stage performance, going back to the vaudeville days, is that you never want to follow an animal or a kid act. We don't get many animal acts in bluegrass, but cute kids have been a

Italy's Red Wine has a new music video for Liz Meyer's Someday You Will, a song from their latest album, Red. It's a low key video, with the band assembled in a a comfortable living room to run through the song.

Feller & Hill have set February 4, 2013 as the release date for their debut CD, Feller and Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos, on Blue Circle Records. This new vocal duo consists of Tom Feller and Chris Hill, with a touring band set

We may not have actually elected a President of Bluegrass this week - though it was great fun pretending - but there is one election on Tuesday that saw a banjo player elevated to county office. Jim Gabehart, co-founder of Jim

Another bluegrass baby! Mason Parker McKinnon was born this morning (11/7/12) at 11:57 a.m. to Kevin and Kendra McKinnon. He came in at 6 lbs, 12 oz; everyone is doing well. Kevin is a powerhouse multi-instrumentalist, having worked with both Carrie Hassler and Still-House. He

The people have spoken, and selected Doyle Lawson as the President of Bluegrass. By a strong plurality, Doyle edged out Del McCoury (37%-30%) in our Bluegrass Today poll on the question: Who would you vote for as the President of Bluegrass? No