Author: John Lawless

July 4 was a big day for Mountain Heart lead vocalist Josh Shilling. The band was booked to open for southern rockers Marshall Tucker Band in Josh's hometown of Martinsville, VA, at the fabled Martinsville Speedway. For several years before he

Darin & Brooke Aldridge have let loose a song from their upcoming So Much In Between CD, due August 16 from Crossroads. It was recorded by their road band, with Darin on guitar, Brooke on mandolin, Chris Bryant on banjo, Dwayne

The Farewell Drifters, complete with mod Beatles haircuts, have a music video for Little Boy, shot live in the living room of mandolinist Joshua Britt. The video is a track from their current release, Echo Boom, created for the new online

Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson tells us that he is preparing for his 7th consecutive summer tour in Ireland. He is heading off from Pennsylvania on July 12 to join his Irish compatriots Janet Holmes and Colin Henry for 9 shows

We've posted a few times about Garden & Gun magazine. It's a glossy bi-monthly that merges content on southern lifestyle with hunting and outdoors features. They have been quite kind to bluegrass music, with recent features on Sam Bush, Punch Brothers,

Bill Monroe's music has obviously had a profound impact on players and followers of bluegrass and related acoustic music around the world. It started out in the southeastern US on "hillbilly" radio, and grew to include an ever larger audience

We have learned that Kenny Baker has suffered a stroke and is hospitalized. He celebrated his 85th birthday on June 26. Baker, whom Bill Monroe always introduced as "the greatest fiddler in bluegrass music," first joined the Blue Grass Boys in

Dennis Jones has sent another gallery from Red, White and Bluegrass. This one encompasses both Sunday night and Monday daytime performances.

Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers are in Washington, DC for an appearance on tonight's PBS television spectacular, A Capitol Fourth. They will perform three songs on the program, which airs live from the Capitol grounds at 8:00 p.m. (EDT), including

Dennis Jones continues to shoot from his vantage point on stage at Red, White and Bluegrass. These are from Sunday's festivities. Don't forget that Chris Jones will be broadcasting live from the festival from 3:00-9:00 p.m. (EDT) on Sirius-XM channel 61.