Author: John Lawless

  • Preston Thompson Guitars introduces their DMC models

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    The Preston Thompson Guitars company in Sisters, OR, known for their high-quality, professional-grade, handmade acoustic guitars, has introduced a new model which they call DMC, for Deep Modified Classical hybrid. Though not specifically designed around Willie Nelson's signature guitar, aka "Trigger,"

  • Christmas Without You from Kristy Cox

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    Kristy Cox shares wistful feelings of homesickness during the holidays in her new single for Billy Blue Records, Christmas Without You. Though Cox lives near Nashville with her children, a part of her heart remains in her native Australia, where memories

  • Blue Skies from Buddy Melton

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    Today, Melton & Miller Music has released their latest single for Buddy Melton, former fiddler and vocalist with Balsam Range, and a 2025 North Carolina Award for Fine Arts recipient. It's a song called Blue Skies, written by Jeb Stuart Anderson,

  • Lisa Rau passes

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    Lisa Rau, who gave 34 years of her life to Silver Dollar City as its Director of Publicity and Public Relations, died yesterday following heart surgery in Branson, MO. She was 64 years of age. The millions of visitors to the

  • The Life of Jesus from Ashleigh Graham

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    Pinecastle Records is putting forward The Life of Jesus as a Christmas single for Ashleigh Graham, one of the tracks on her current debut album, I'll Just Drive. The Life of Jesus, written by Rickey Graves, is for those who

  • Still Falling from Tom Lynn

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    Tom Lynn is a Michigan grasser, and a 2024 graduate of the The Kentucky Center for Traditional Music in Morehead, KY. Despite having lived in both Kentucky and Michigan, he is a native of Moldova, who came to the United