Author: John Lawless

Preston Thompson Guitars in Sisters, OR has announced a very special new model, the D-EIS-PKT, built in limited numbers in honor of their late founder, and to mark the 10th anniversary of their facility in Oregon. Thompson, who passed away in

Bluegrass mandolinist and songwriter Eddie Lightner has released a single from his upcoming album, The Notes of Life. It's one he wrote about the DelFest experience called What Took You So Long? Eddie tells us that DelFest, and the DelFest Academy

Billy Blue Records has a new single to start off the year for Kristy Cox, the title track from her upcoming album with the label, Let It Burn. It's a real barnburner of a track, written by her long-time producer Jerry

Did you know that southwestern Georgia had their own full time, all-bluegrass radio station? WWGW operates in Moultrie, GA on a low power signal at 102.5 MHz, broadcasting bluegrass and Americana music 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Their

Banjo master Tony Trischka is marking the 100th anniversary year of Earl Scruggs' birth with a new album in his honor. Entitled Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, and expected later this spring from the new Down The Road

Oxford, Kansas native Jacob Metz has been named as the new reso-guitarist with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. A 2021 graduate of the Bluegrass, Old Time and Roots Music program at ETSU, Jacob had until recently been playing both banjo and

Mountain Home Music has selected Just Let Me Know, a new song by Darren Nicholson and Charles Humphrey, as the next single from their upcoming album with The Grascals. Long time Grascals banjo picker Kristin Scott Benson says that they jumped

Craft Recordings has announced an April reissue of Tony Rice's Church Street Blues, the flatpick guitar maestro's only true solo project, originally released in 1983 by Sugar Hill Records. The album found Tony in fine voice, accompanying himself on guitar,

Audie Blaylock, life long bluegrass singer and bandleader, passed away unexpectedly earlier this week at his home in Auburn, IN. He was 61 years of age. His family reports that he was experiencing some health problems of late, and died from

Red Bird Bluegrass is a new festival launching this summer in Bloomington, IN, starting out as a two-day event in 2024, with hopes of expanding if all goes well. This new venture is a partnership between Perry and Renee Fowler, who