Author: John Lawless

Mountain Heart performed in Augusta, GA on Friday evening, along with special guests Terry Baucom and Tony Rice. On these shows, the material tends to focus on Rice's rich catalog of music, as this video attests. It has Barry Abernathy taking

Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys felt the effects of the winter weather in the upper midwest early this morning while traveling through Indiana on the way to a last minute booking in Michigan. They encountered a patch of ice

What do you get when you mix traditional bluegrass with "real country?" I don't know either, but it probably sounds a lot like Feller and Hill. Both Tom Feller and Chris Hill will be familiar faces to bluegrass audiences, Tom from

Rural Rhythm has released a new single to radio from the upcoming Brand New Strings CD, Stay Tuned. The song is Other Side Of Lonesome, a contribution from guitarist/vocalist Randall Massengil. He is joined by Stuart Wyrick on banjo, Tony Mowell on

Craig Havighurst, writer, NPR music journalist, independent filmmaker and IBMA Board member, has been tapped as Senior Producer for Music City Roots, a weekly, two-hour live radio/television broadcast aired on Wednesday's from Nashville's Loveless Cafe. The show presents music from a

Pioneering bluegrass mandolinist Herschel Sizemore has spent the past few months battling a cancer in his throat, undergoing radiation treatments since October of last year. Today he spoke with both his ENT and his oncologist, who both gave him a clean

The Loar, a division of The Music Link, has debuted a pair of new smaller body guitars during this week's Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. The LO-215 and 216 both feature a full-length, dreadnaught scale neck (25.4'') and a 1-11/16” nut

Experimental banjoist Jake Schepps and his Expedition Quartet are featured in a new edition of Tiny Desk Concerts at NPR.org. They perform music from their recent album, An Evening In The Village, which includes new arrangements of the music of Béla

Another Steep Canyon Rangers concert is set for a live cybercast this weekend, this time from the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, NC. The band's show on Friday (1/20) will be offered online via live streaming by Gigstream, an outfit that specializes

We posted once before about Nightflyer, a new band recently formed by Rick Hayes, who spent many years as the mandolinist with The Gibson Brothers. Hayes, along with Richard Propps on guitar, Tim Jackson on dobro, Ronnie Stewart (not this one)