Author: John Lawless

Kyle Cantrell's new bluegrass radio streaming service, BanjoRadio.com, will officially launch on Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. CDT. The service has actually been running in beta this past few weeks to test all the equipment, and he feels that all

Danny Stewart Jr, a popular bluegrass touring artist, has acquired the Turtle Hill Banjo Company in LaPlata, MD, and will be its new owner/operator. Stewart purchased the company from its founder, long time vintage banjo collector and authority, Dave Schenkman,

One of our favorite young bluegrass acts of recent years has been High Fidelity, based around the husband-and-wife partnership of Jeremey Stephens and Corrina Rose Logston. Having met both of them separately in their teens, before they knew each other,

Bonfire Music Group has a final single release for Danny Burns ahead of his latest album, Promised Land, which is due next month. Danny is an Irish-born singer who has made the transition to the US with his family, where he

Engelhardt Music Group has a fourth single this week from their current project with powerhouse bluegrass singer and songwriter, Tina Adair. Tina got her start as a teen, singing with her brother in their family band. A successful solo project followed,

Mandolin Farm in Flemingsburg, KY will be the home for a new bluegrass festival starting next month. The Orange Army Bluegrass Festival will be held from August 4-6, with proceeds to be donated to assist cancer patients in and around

Family and friends of the late bluegrass entertainer Ron Spears will gather at Nashville's Station Inn on August 27 to remember his many contributions to our music, and to so many people's lives. This promised celebration of Ron's life will take

South Carolina bluegrass singer and songwriter Katelyn Ingardia, she of the Backline band, has released a debut single from her upcoming solo album, a new song called Getaway. To date, Ingardia's original songs have primarily found a home on band recordings,

Chattanooga fire fighter, banjo picker, and songwriter Randy Steele has a new single for July, a set of personal reflections called A Golden Smile. This popular entertainer in south central Tennessee took up the banjo some years ago to give him

John Meador, guitarist and vocalist with Authentic Unlimited, and his wife Gracie, also a talented bluegrass artist, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Adam Gabriel Meador was born on July 5 in Carthage, TN. He weighed in at 8lbs,