Author: John Lawless

Stephen Burwell, fiddler with Authentic Unlimited, is celebrating more than just a new single this week. He and his wife, Haley, are overjoyed to welcome their first child, a baby girl named Lydia. Lydia Marie Burwell was born on January 18

The IBMA Foundation wants to remind everyone that the application deadline for their 2024 Arnold Shultz Fund grants in January 31. The Fund, named for early Bill Monroe mentor Arnold Shultz, exists to increase participation in bluegrass music by people of

California guitarist Ethan Sherman has a new album, Passages, set for release in March with eight of his new instrumental compositions. Today we get to hear the first taste of the music in a rollicking blugrass tune called The Glendale

Popular bluegrass performer and noted luthier Rick Faris is set to be inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame as part of their 2024 class. Induction will take place during a ceremony and concert on Saturday, April 20 at

Sometimes the story of a song is so pleasing that you almost don't care if the song itself is a good one. When it is also a well-constructed composition, it's like you enjoy it twice as well. So it is with

A medical relief fund has been created at gofundme for popular Nashville fiddler Glen Duncan. Just a month ago he suffered a stroke while driving, and has been hospitalized at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he has shown remarkable progress,

When looking at this photo of the Indigo Roots Band, some may say, "hey... that's the Paper Dolls band," while others will think, "that looks like the Band of Kelleys." And you'd all be right. Indigo Roots Band is the new

Shelton & Williams sign with Rebekah Speer (Turnberry Records) Turnberry Records has announced the signing of Shelton & Williams to the label, a bluegrass vocal dynamo that combines three powerful singers in a single group. Forming the bulk of this trio are

Fiddle sensation Bronwyn Keith-Hynes takes another step in her new push to be recognized as a vocalist as well with the second single from her upcoming solo project, Will You Ever Be Mine. As a teen Bronwyn lit up fiddle competitions

The Savannah Music Festival, the Georgia city's annual three-week celebration of music each spring, has once again made bluegrass a prominent part of their offerings for 2024. In addition to the usual mix of classical and jazz concerts at a