Author: John Lawless

Every year in Washington, DC, the US Navy Band hosts a big holiday concert featuring dozens of different performers from throughout the entire Navy music program. Just about every type of music you can imagine is included, all performed at

Pinecastle Records is introducing a new bluegrass act, that is also a very familiar one at the same time. Red Camel Collective, also known as Junior Sisk's band, have plans to record and tour independently of the boss man, when his

Montana fingerstyle guitarist Cary Morin has a new album, Innocent Allies, set for release next month, with a single dropping today, his arrangement of the familiar fiddle tune, Whiskey Before Breakfast. Cary started out as a flat picker, studying bluegrass guitar,

Dale Thomas, banjo player with Kentucky's Hammertowne this past five years, has announced that he will be leaving the band at the end of this year. He came in to the band in 2019 when original banjoist Brent Pack took his

Del McCoury has accomplished just about anything you could want a bluegrass hero to do. For years he has taken a polished, professional, and highly entertaining show to just about every sort of audience, and throughout his career, has presented

Emi Sunshine at the 2023 Young Entertainer Awards in Los Angeles - photo © RachelSolarioPhotography When EmiSunshine showed up at the 2023 Young Entertainer Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month, she only expected to perform the two songs she had

Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have a very clever music video premiering today for their rockin' bluegrass cut of Run Run Rudolph, from their new Billy Blue Records Christmas album, Because It's Christmas Time. Younger listeners may just think of

Bluegrass lovers in the northeastern US have been mourning the demise of the big Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, held this past 15 years at the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, MA. Managed by the Boston Bluegrass Union, and dedicated to the

Todd Taylor, everyone's favorite rock 'n roll banjo picker, has a new single and video out this week. It's one he wrote called Taylor's Ride, which is essentially his life story in song. And what a life it's been! Starting out

IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass has announced the next in their ongoing series of Virtual Workshops. On January 10, from noon to 1:00 p.m. (EST) they will present Booking History: From the Hayride to Music Row with Barbara Martin Stephens, an overview