Author: John Lawless

  • Two new singles from Mountain Fever

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    Mountain Fever has two new singles out for upcoming projects, one each from Jett's Creek and Cumberland Gap Connection. Back Home Again is the first track to hit from The Wait Is Over, Jett's Creek's debut project for Mountain Fever. The

  • Christmas The Mountain Way

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    Rural Rhythm has released a promotional video in support of their upcoming 2-disc package, Christmas The Mountain Way. It includes both an audio CD and a concert DVD recorded this past June in Pikeville, KY for BlueHighways TV, which will air

  • Flatt Lonesome to Pisgah Ridge

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    Pisgah Ridge Records has announced the signing of Flatt Lonesome to the label, which is affiliated with Mountain Home Recordings and Crossroads Entertainment. A debut project has just been completed at Crossroads Studio, with a release expected in the first quarter

  • Josh Hymer to American Drive

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    J.D. Crowe's decision to retire from active touring at the end of 2012 has had a number of ripple effects within the bluegrass world. Among them has been the end of a defining bluegrass institution, The New South. For nearly 40

  • Bad weekend for bass players

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    After learning about Carl White's auto accident over the weekend, we heard from Dwight McCall (American Drive) that their bass player, Kyle Perkins, also wrecked his car on Saturday morning. Like Carl, Kyle lost control of his car on slick roads

  • Carl White on a roll

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    Carl White, the newest member of Monroeville, was involved in a serious automobile accident last night in Tennessee. Fortunately, though he lost control on slick roads and rolled the truck, he emerged unharmed. Matthew Munsey, mandolinist with Monroeville, shared the harrowing

  • Helium Taxi from Rob Lifford

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    Here's a real international bluegrass story, the tale of guitarist Rob Lifford, who grew up in New York, became passionate about bluegrass in South Korea, and ended up in Austin, TX jamming with the guys in Milkdrive. And like those Austin

  • Testing Tradition from the ETSU Bluegrass Band

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    We've written many times about the bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University, and their fine work turning out educated, capable young artists for the bluegrass farm teams. They are among the very few institutions where a talented young