Author: John Lawless

Neala Hickey and Jeri Foreman are a pair of traditional bluegrass and old time musicians in the UK who have teamed up as Nice Like That, a brand most intentionally calling on the Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard song by

Chris Joslin, who has served as the Executive Director of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY this past nine years, has announced his imminent departure from this position. He will be moving back to the

The Edgar Loudermilk Band's newest single from Pinecastle Records is a bluesy, contemporary bluegrass number with the ghostly title, Your Shadow Still Hangs Heavy On This Mountain. Written by Edgar along with Brink Brinkman, it's the story of a man afflicted

Just a quick reminder that there's still time to enter and win in our Picky in Parsons video contest, offering free tickets to the big Pickin' in Parsons bluegrass festival in West Virginia at the end of the month, plus

Grief and memorials are deeply personal matters, and we all express them in different ways. But the way that C.J. Lewandowski, founder, mandolinist, and vocalist with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, chose last month to remember his friend and musical idol,

Joe Bonsall with his banjo - photo © Jarret Gaza The Oak Ridge Boys have announced the passing of their long time tenor singer, Joe Bonsall, from complications of ALS, known to many as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 76 years

About 18 months ago we told you about an upcoming film called Paradise - A Town of Sinners & Saints, a musical comedy with bluegrass music adapted from a stage play by the same name. It features 19 new songs,

Mountain Fever Records' latest single from western North Carolina's Appalachian Smoke is a thoughtful song from mandolinist B.J. Taylor called Growing Lonely. Taylor uses the season of reaping as the metaphor that informs this story of a man who has difficulty

Amanda Cook and her trusty touring group made their debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry last night in Nashville. In tow were Carolyne Van Lierop-Boone on banjo, Josh Faul on bass, George Mason on fiddle, Troy Boone on mandolin, and

Danny Reid Carter, the guitar playing half of the Nashville duo, The Carter Brothers, died on June 30 in Jamestown, NC. He was 71 years of age. With brother Tim on banjo, The Carter Brothers played a rockin' brand of newgrass,