Author: John Lawless

Eddie Gill has been announced as the newest member of Big Country Bluegrass, playing guitar and singing lead. Until making this switch, Gill had been performing with Travers Chandler & Avery County. Here's a look at the newest version of the group,

A 4 minute trailer has been released from The Porchlight Sessions, a new documentary film from Anna Schwaber that seeks to provide a more accurate glimpse into the culture of bluegrass music and bluegrass people than is common provided in

I wondered recently what events might have conspired to take the now famous video of Josh Williams and his feathered friend into true viral status. Shot by pure chance by Ted Lehmann at the Doyle Lawson festival during the summer

Our intrepid Bluegrass Today IT Director, Eric Tapp, snapped this photo at an Interstate rest area near Savannah, GA. Abigail Washburn is prominently pictured in an advertisement for the Savannah Music Festival which kicks off later this month. Not sure how

Lonesome River Band has signed an exclusive representation and management agreement with Moonstruck Management. The company is a new venture between two successful pros in music and artist representation: Josh Trivett, who manages Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and Peter Keiser, who

The Josh Williams video we featured last week - the one where the little birdie lands on Josh's guitar mid song - is breaking even further into the mainstream. As we reported on March 1, this unscheduled guest spot had gone

Another highly-anticipated CD scheduled for release this month is Scratch Gravel Road, the 16th album from Special Consensus over the course of 37 years in the biz. It is set to hit March 27 on Compass. Founding member and owner/operator Greg

Presto chango! Rockin' Acoustic Circus is now Belfry Fellows. The band has decided to effect a name change to go along with their new musical direction following some major personnel changes late last year. What began as a group of teen

Rural Rhythm has dropped a debut single from Carrie Hassler's next album, The Distance. The song is Luxury Liner, a country/rock classic from Gram Parsons that was famously covered by Emmylou Harris in 1977. It was the title track of a

Mike Kelly sent along this set of photos from this past weekend's benefit concert for Phil Leadbetter in Knoxville, billed as Pickin For A Cure. As regular readers are aware, Phil - a bluegrass veteran of many years' standing - is