Author: John Lawless

Go Parker!, the long-awaited solo project from Jeff Parker, mandolinist and vocalist with Dailey & Vincent, is now set for a July 9 release on Lonesome Day Records. From a quick listen to extended samples on Airplay Direct, this sounds like

Ah... the passage of time. It seems like only yesterday that Sam Bush was a radical young Turk in the bluegrass world. Now he is revered as an elder statesman. Sam makes light of his newly official status as a senior citizen

John Bradley has been announced as the new bass player with Carolina Road. A 2010 graduate of Berea College with a dual music and political science major, John is the son of bluegrass legend Dale Ann Bradley, and has performed many

A faculty position has come open in the Commercial Music program at South Plains College in Levelland, TX. This is the program where banjo legend Alan Munde taught for so many years, and where bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Joe Carr still resides. South Plains is accepting

Bluegrass Today will have a crew at ROMP this weekend in Owensboro, KY. They will be conducting interviews, taking pictures, shooting video and generally prowling about the grounds. If you're doing something there you shouldn't oughta, be careful - it might

Mandolin icon Frank Wakefield is home from the hospital, and recovering nicely from lung surgery. He was released Tuesday after having been hospitalized this past two weeks, much of it in the ICU. Frank underwent surgery on June 12 to remove

We have just learned that Randal Massengill, guitarist with Brand New Strings, was injured earlier today at work. Randall is a Tennessee State Trooper, in charge of accident scene investigations. Both he and his partner were struck by a moving vehicle

Graham Sharp shared a fun story about his close encounter last night with reggae superstar Ziggy Marley. He was performing with Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers at the Ottawa Jazz Festival, which runs for ten days with a wide variety

Volume Five has announced that Jeff Partin, of Ella Jay, GA, is the new guitarist with the band. At 19 years old, Jeff has already spent several years playing bluegrass music, and had the honor to play on the Opry with

Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from New Day Dawning, the upcoming album from The Roys, due later this summer. It's a song written by Lee and Elaine Roy, Still Standing, which features Elaine on lead vocal and Lee singing duet