Author: John Lawless

Pinecastle Records has a second single from Lord of The Strings, a studio aggregation headed up by world class guitarist, banjoist, and singer, Tony Wray. Tony is one of those artists whose work sometimes goes unheralded, whether as a builder

The Kevin Prater Band has a new single with Turnberry Records, one written by Kevin's good friend Timmy Cline, the son of famed Clinch Mountain Boys fiddler Curly Ray Cline. Kentucky Mountain Memories tells of the east Kentucky hills where Kevin

Darren Nicholson has announced two new top talents as members of his touring band. Aynsley Porchak on fiddle and Avery Welter on guitar are now performing with the Darren Nicholson Band. Both have established themselves in the bluegrass world through stints

A Mainer and a Glaswegian are partnering to launch a new weekend mandolin workshop in Scotland. Ethan Setiawan and Laura-Beth Salter will host the inaugural Glasgow Mandolin Retreat, September 6-8 in Glasgow, Scotland's center for all sorts of folk and traditional

Volume Five is sharing another track from their next Mountain Fever Records as a single, one written by Josh Miller called County Wishing Well. As always, it's sung by fiddler Glen Harrell, as he relates this piece of historical fiction about

Sonny and Bobby Osborne, known to bluegrass fans worldwide as The Osborne Brothers, have been selected as among the 2024 inductees into the Dayton Region Walk of Fame in Dayton, OH. The Walk was created in 1996 as part of Dayton's

On June 15 the Georgia State Fiddlers' Convention was held at the Union County Schools Fine Arts Center in Blairsville, GA. Competitors came from multiple states to vie for over $7,000 in prize money. And the winners are: Beginner musician (12 and

Mountain Fever Records has a new single for Nashville singer and songwriter Theo MacMillan, who is becoming one of bluegrass music's most discussed young writers. If the name is familiar, you may recall Theo's work with his banjo playing sister,

Deering Banjo Company and the Gold Tone Music Group, together with Cindy Baucom and the operators of the Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest, have announced a most worthy tribute to bluegrass banjo legend, Terry Baucom, who we lost late

For years Tina Adair has been one of our favorite bluegrass vocalists, from the time she emerged with her family group in the 1990s, through a solo career, a fallow period, and a reemergence as a founding member of Sister