Author: John Lawless

Sweden's The Original Five has a new EP of their original and traditional bluegrass set for release tomorrow, Dated & Jaded: The Pelarne Sessions. And with the release of the new project, they have a music video to share as

Looks like it's time for some more rock 'n' roll banjo from South Carolina's Todd Taylor, Guinness Book certified as the World's Fastest Banjo Player in 2007. Todd is just now recovering from a fairly serious head injury, suffered when he

The Ozark region of the United States has a long and rich history in bluegrass music. While many people think first of Kentucky or North Carolina when someone says bluegrass, the Ozarks Mountains have contributed as deeply to our music

The Wayne Henderson Music Festival, a very popular performance and competition event in southwestern Virginia, has announced that this year's 30th annual festival will be the last. Wayne said that there are many reasons why this year's will be the last,

Becky Buller's latest single, the final one before the release of her new Dark Shadow Recording album, Jubilee, expected in May of this year, is something of a departure for the fiddling singer/songwriter. Though she has shared biographical songs in

If you've been following the news recently, you probably already know that portions of the US will experience a total solar eclipse in April of 2024. All sorts of events have been scheduled for those in the path of totality,

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced details on the two newest IBMA Awards, Photographer of the Year and Music Video of the Year, both of which will be awarded for the first time in 2024. These are categories that

Mountain Home Music has another new track to highlight this week, a cut from the Tray Wellington Band that features the North Carolina banjoist on both five string and lead vocals. It's his reimagined cover of John Hiatt's Lift Up Ever

Following up on their single release earlier this month for bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Andy Leftwich, Behind the 8 Ball, Mountain Home Music has produced a music video to accompany the track. It finds Leftwich on mandolin and fiddle in the studio, with

Noted bluegrass producer Randall Deaton has thrown open the windows and dusted off the furniture at Lonesome Day Records, and returned to releasing new music with a first taste of their next project, Silver Bullet Bluegrass, a grassed-up tribute to