Author: John Lawless

From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

Dierks Bently has a new video from his heralded Up On The Ridge CD, which mixed some modern bluegrass in with his mainstream country sound. The new video is for the song Fiddlin' Around, the number he performed on the 2010

Rural Rhythm Records has this week released the debut, self-titled album from Kentucky's Josh Slone & Coaltown. The band is fronted by guitarist and lead vocalist Slone, supported by Billy Berger on mandolin, Ollie Risner on banjo, and Gary Wiley on

How do you make one of the drivingest bands in bluegrass even better? Well, if you're Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, you bring banjo phenom Charlie Cushman into the group. The band has announced this afternoon that Charlie will be their new

Crossroads has launched their new online Video Vault, offering download or streaming purchase of live concerts from their Gospel and bluegrass artists. These are high quality videos, professionally shot and switched live with no editing to preserve the essence of

Lorraine Jordan has a new guitarist and lead singer in Carolina Road. Tommy Long has come on board, and Dustin Benson has moved from guitar to bass. They will also have their new manager Ray Edwards, joining the group on

We heard recently from Dan Simon, a resonator guitarist in west central Michigan, who wanted to let us know about a very special instrument built by Frank Harlow. Frank operates Harlow Resonator Guitars not far from Dayton, OH and has recently

The Tennessean is reporting that traditional country music icon Charlie Louvin passed away this morning at his home. He was 83 years old. We will have a proper remembrance up shortly for this seminal songwriter and performer whose influence touched bluegrass

Another release from 2010 that we wanted to note is Stronger Every Day from Driftwood, a Kentucky quartet with strong family roots. The band was founded by brothers Scott and Charles Fields, and named in honor of their father, Wayne. Fields

This past weekend, a small group of bluegrass artists and industry professionals met at a rural Bed & Breakfast in Smithville, TN. The purpose of this 4 day retreat was to consider how to best support new artists in bluegrass