Author: John Lawless

This week the Gospel Music Association announced the nominees for their 54th annual Dove Awards, honoring all sorts of gospel music artists in a variety of styles. Winners will be acknowledged during the Dove Awards show on October 17 at

Last month's 51st annual RockyGrass festival in Lyon's CO included their long-running band and individual instrument competitions, which also started back in 1973. The festival draws a good many entrants as prizes include brand new instruments as well as cash. The

Freshly signed with Billy Blue Records, powerhouse bluegrass singer Dave Adkins has his first single release this week with his new label. He has chosen the Creedence Clearwater Revival classic, Bad Moon Rising, by John Fogerty which was a worldwide hit

Retro 78 - photo © Laci Mack South Carolina's Retro 78 has been on a roll since they swept into Nashville for SPBGMA 2022 and won the band championship. Signed earlier this year to Ram Cat Records, the group has been working

Mountain Home Music has offered our readers a premiere today of the new single from Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, Pages In Your Hand, which releases tomorrow. This song will serve as the title track for their upcoming EP,

Full Cord - photo by Scott Simontacchi Dark Shadow Recording has released their first single with Michigan's Full Cord, along with an accompanying music video. The band signed with Dark Shadow some impressive performances at the 2021 World of Bluegrass. They

Last night in Nashville, during the Crandall Creek performance at the Station Inn, Madeline "Maddie" Murray was awarded the inaugural $5,000 Steve Gulley Memorial Scholarship, to be given each year to a notable young bluegrass artist in honor of one

Back in the 1980s a group of Nashville grassers got together to provide bluegrass backing for a couple of early Opry stars. They liked playing together, and recorded an album as The Nashville Bluegrass Band. Before long they were everyone

RBR Entertainment has released a second single from their upcoming album with Ralph Stanley II. Together they've chosen to cover the New Riders of the Purple Sage classic, Glendale Train. Ralph said that he wasn't familiar with this song, until the

Nothin' Fancy has announced their new bass player after several months of trying out potential replacements since James Cox announced his departure at the beginning of the year. He goes simply by the stage name Jenkins. When we got in touch