Author: John Lawless

Rebel Records has released a final single from their upcoming Larry Sparks solo project, It's Just Me, one he lovingly sings, simply called Sweetheart. The album takes its name from the fact that it was recorded without a band, featuring just

Natalie Padilla is a rarity in the fiddle world, being equally as adept at folk, bluegrass, Celtic, and old time music, as she is with the classical repertoire as a violinist. Her original music has consistently showed the same breadth

If you aren't already aware of young bluegrass singing sensation Caroline Owens, it's a safe bet you don't regularly attend bluegrass festivals in the southeastern US, where she has been winning fans at every show with her distinctive voice and

Vaunted recording engineer and producer, the late Bil VornDick, touched a great many people during his life, not only with his remarkable skill in recording bluegrass, folk, and other acoustic music, but also providing assistance to countless organizations, colleges, and

Those of us who were following bluegrass music in the 1970s were most fortunate to watch the emergence of a true prodigy in Mark O'Connor. Before even hitting his teens, Mark was wowing musicians with his fiddle, mandolin, and guitar playing.

The first single from Darren Nicholson upcoming project with Mountain Home Music went all the way to #1 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart, where it sits as of this writing. It was Darren's initial offering post-Balsam Range, and

Great news for old time and bluegrass pickers in north Georgia. After two years of inactivity, the Georgia State Fiddler's Convention returns this year to Blairsville. This will be the first running of the event since COVID restrictions were implemented. This

Just ahead of the release of their next album, Let Time Ride, Billy Blue Records is dropping a third single from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, one called Black & White. Mullins takes the lead on this song, written by

The Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA has announced a new special exhibit for 2023, entitled I'Ve Endured: Women in Old-Time Music. It is set to open on March 23, and remain so through December 31. The exhibit will

Australian guitar whiz Tommy Emmanuel is continuing his collaborations concept forward into a second album, Accomplice Two, due out in April from CGP Sounds. Like the first, it finds Emmanuel paired with some of his favorite artists, including several of the