Author: John Lawless

Did you know that the US Mint, in both Denver and Philadelphia, has made a special $1 coin commemorating the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that is available for purchase in uncirculated condition? Neither did we. The face side of the coin has

Pinecastle Records has a music video for their debut single with Troy Engle, their latest signee with the label. Engle is a life long bluegrass artist, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who spent much of his life in Nashville, working as a

Portland, Oregon clawhammer banjo player Paul Vorvick is giving away a book of transcriptions to match his latest album, Nameless Joe, a collection of 22 new original tunes that Paul has written. No strings attached. If you like the music, you

Volume Five's latest single from Mountain Fever Records has made a rapid ascent on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. The first week Restless Heart and a Rambler's Soul hit the chart, it came in at #26, and now a

Photo by Will Wall Geraldine is an interesting traditional music group from the Charm City of Baltimore. Playing a mix of original old time, bluegrass, country, and folk - they call themselves a new time stringband - their music is based

Chevy Watson photo by Laci Mack/Tyler Griffith photo © Dave Hollender Seth Mulder has announced two new faces in Midnight Run, stepping in for founding members Ben Watlington and Max Etling who left at the end of 2022. He assures us

The G7th Capo company has introduced several new colors for its quick release Nashville guitar capo, in conjunction with this weekend's 2023 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. The Nashville capo is designed to be an effective, spring-loaded model offered at a

Darren Nicholson has had quite a run on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart with songs from his debut solo effort for Mountain Home Music. Anyone who may have wondered how well he would do after leaving Balsam Range has

D. A. Callaway - photo by Kaitlyn McConnell/Ozarks Alive For generations people have responded, often in jest, to the question, "What are you going to do now that you've retired?", with, "I don't know... I guess I'll write my memoirs." Of course,

Mountain Fever Records has a new single this month from Amanda Cook, taken from her current album, Changes. Amanda has become a staple on bluegrass radio, with her stirring vocals on a succession of new contemporary bluegrass songs. A native of