Author: John Lawless

For more than 20 years, Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO hosted the annual KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Contest, bringing young bands in their teens and younger, together to compete for serious cash prizes. The contest was the brainchild of

Newly-converted grasser Billy Gilman, who saw tremendous success as a country artist as a youngster, has a new single today with Pinecastle Records, a song he wrote about the icons of our music called That's Bluegrass To Me. And to sing

The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville has announced the featured artists for their 2024 American Currents: State of the Music exhibit, which highlights significant artists from the previous year. Artifacts, photos, and music are typically included

The Blue Ridge Music Center, a music venue and museum of Appalachian music in Galax, VA, is asking for your vote in the 2024 USA Today poll for Best Music Museum. Nestled among southwestern Virginia's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, the Center

Due to a concentration of circumstances, bluegrass fiddle maestro Michael Cleveland will be making a last minute television appearance tonight (1/18) on MSNBC. Cleveland, in New York City for tomorrow's sold out performance with Tony Trischka at The City Winery, celebrating

The recent interview with early bluegrass and country music pioneer Barbara Martin Stephens, conducted by Leadership Bluegrass, about her work as an artist representative in the 1950s and '60s when such work was rarely done by women, is now available

Mandolinist and singer/songwriter Thomas Cassell has a new single on offer this week, the first from his next project with Mountain Fever Records set to release this fall. Thomas is a recent graduate of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Roots Music

Two of the brightest young lights in bluegrass music, Molly Tuttle and Billy Strings, are among the nominees announced for awards from Folk Alliance International. The awards will be announced and presented during their 2024 conference in February. Tuttle's City of

Bluegrass lovers in northern Virginia quickly recognize "the old schoolhouse" as the Lucketts School, a school building turned community center in Lucketts, VA, which hosts bluegrass concerts throughout the year, mostly during the winter and spring months. This Saturday, January 20,

The United States Postal Service has announced a March 15, 2024 issue of a new commemorative forever stamp honoring the High Lonesome Sound of bluegrass music, and the instruments used to play it. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed