Author: John Lawless

  • Bluegrass Today update

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    Here's a quick update on the launch of Bluegrass Today. As many of you know, we were set to convert Bluegrass Today over to this new platform last week, but as zero hour approached, our IT team pulled the plug. During

  • A Light in the Window Again

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    Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from Back To My Roots, the upcoming Carolina Road project. The song is A Light in the Window Again, a contribution from Tom T. and Dixie Hall, which tells of the restoration of the

  • New faces with Cumberland Gap Connection

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    Cumberland Gap Connection has two new members: John Messer on mandolin and Albon Clevinger on fiddle, both of Kermit, WV. They join Mike Bentley on guitar and lead vocals, Rod Smith on banjo and Bryan Russell on bass. A debut album,

  • Stetson and Cia

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    Cia Cherryholmes has been burning up YouTube this past few weeks, posting "home movie-style" videos of herself with her new musical collaborator, Stetson Adkisson. The pair have teamed up in a new venture, called appropriately enough, Stetson & Cia. Both are

  • Del McCoury does Bill Monroe

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    Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe is the title of the next album from Del McCoury. It is set for a digital release during IBMA week (9/27), with a vinyl LP coming on October 25. A CD is probable,

  • G2 update

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    In 2010, Swedish bluegrassers G2 spent several months in the US, touring aggressively during festival season in support of their latest album, Untapped Routes, and capping their visit with an appearance on the IBMA Awards show in Nashville. But this year,

  • Bill Monroe audio-visual tribute

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    As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Bill Monroe, here is a fabulous tribute put together by Steve Ide. Steve paired photos taken by noted bluegrass archivist Fred Robbins at the 1979 Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival with Robbin's recordings from those

  • Other Woman’s Blues video release

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    Nu-Blu has just released the music video for the first single from their latest Pinecastle CD, The Blu-Disc. The song, Other Woman's Blues, is one we featured here several months back, an interesting "response" to the Dolly Parton mega-hit, Jolene, also

  • Wade Mainer, RIP

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    We have learned that Wade Mainer passed away yesterday evening, September 12, after having been returned to his home in Flint, MI with hospice care after a brief hospitalization. We will post further details about Mainer's eventful life in short order.

  • Billy Hurt to Karl Shiflett

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    Virginia fiddler Billy Hurt is the newest member of Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show. This gig is right up Billy's alley. If there is a fiddler out there with a greater love, knowledge and understanding of the roots of traditional