Author: John Lawless

This past Saturday, David Parmley and his band appeared at Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, TN. Thanks to his wife, Becky, who took these photos from the front of the stage, we can share a look at this free concert, which

Compass Records and Missy Raines have released a live performance video for one of the tracks on her current Highlander album. It's for the Bill Monroe instrumental, Panhandle Country, with Missy says is based more on a version from her youth

ORNL Federal Credit Union and WDVX Radio are again sponsoring Summer Sessions concerts in east Tennessee, but at new locations this year. Shows will be held at Yee-Haw Brewing in Knoxville, and at the Museum of Appalachia in Clinton. For the

If you haven't caught this interesting young Maryland group at one of their many east coast appearances, The Plate Scrapers offer an energetic hybrid sound that is part bluegrass, and part old time. All authentic, and all in good fun. Together

This afternoon the International Bluegrass Music Association has announced Chattanooga, TN as the host city for their annual World of Bluegrass Convention and associated events for 2025-2027. These include the three-day business conference, the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show, and

Lifelong grasser Steve Thomas has a new single with his band, The Time Machine, out this month on Pinecastle Records. Steve has been a performing bluegrass artist for more than 40 years, starting in 1982 on fiddle with Del McCoury. Growing

With a new album just a few weeks away, The Grascals have dropped a music video for the opening track, Tennessee Hound Dog, a staple of The Osborne Brothers for many years. Written by legendary Nashville songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant,

Our promotions team has announced the winners of the Picky in Parsons video contest, to award free tickets to the big Pickin' in Parsons Bluegrass Festival in West Virginia next weekend. First prize goes to Latasha Midcap from Evans, WV, who

Nashville singer/songwriter Jason Broyles has released a music video for a track from his upcoming bluegrass EP, Old Rudy Road, due later this year. He's been dropping a new single every six weeks, and this one, Strawberry Hill, was actually

Shade Tree Collective is a band that hails from that part of the US where Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania are in close proximity. The members came together at a jam underneath a large maple tree towards the end