Author: John Lawless

Billy Blue Records has a new single for Jason Barie, fiddler with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, who is also a well-regarded luthier and recording artist on his own. It's a track from his upcoming full-length project, Radioactive, due

Tidalwave Road is a bluegrass band from Williamsburg, in the southeastern corner of Kentucky. They play a hard-edged style of grass, and have been active since 2000, though they went on hiatus briefly around 2015. Back together again, they have released

This afternoon in Los Angeles, the 2023 Grammy Premier Ceremony was held in the Microsoft Theater. The awards presented during this cybercast are the ones typically described during the evening production as "given out earlier in the day." For those

Mountain Fever Records has released another single from Casey Penn, just ahead of the drop date for her new album, One Step Away, next week. It's one called We Go Together Like a Guitar and a Fiddle, one that Casey says

This week saw the announcement of the 22nd annual Absolutely Gospel Music Awards nominees, which found a number of bluegrass artists receiving nods outside the bluegrass category, which is newly-added this year. These nominations are chosen by the staff of

Wood Box Heroes, a new bluegrass group made up of some major bluegrass heavy hitters, debuts today with their very first single. The band is based around the songs and singing of guitarist Josh Martin, supported by Seth Taylor on mandolin,

At last night's International Folk Music Awards, held in Kansas City, MO as a component of the 2023 Folk Alliance International Conference, Molly Tuttle won in the Album of the Year category for her current project on Nonesuch Records with

Danny Roberts, founding mandolinist with The Grascals, is stepping out front again this year with another solo project with Mountain Home Music. A second single from this next album, How I Live, How I'll Die, which delivers a somber look at

The IBMA Foundation, the educational and philanthropic arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced the recipients of their 2023 Project Grants. These annual awards are given to organizations and associations that foster bluegrass education. The Foundation was quite proud

Mountain Home Records has released a final single this week for Ashby Frank, ahead of his Leaving Is Believing project's release on February 10. Frank, a celebrated multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, has been been working in Nashville as a session player,