Author: John Lawless

It's not uncommon during the winter months to see top touring acts playing smaller clubs to keep their stage show fresh for when the festival season starts back up in the spring. But we don't often find bluegrass legends in

Keith and Kristyn Getty are known in the contemporary Christian music world as modern hymn writers of note. Their newly-composed pieces are used in churches throughout the English-speaking world, and appear in most non-denominational hymnbooks. Born in Northern Ireland, the couple

Todd Mayo, producer of the popular PBS television series, Bluegrass Underground, has announced a new show set to debut in January 2023. Ear To The Common Ground has a simple and laudable goal, to use music as a way to bridge

North Carolina bluegrass singer Caroline Owens has been turning heads this past few years at festivals in her home state since launching a performing career with her group, The Caroline Band. Ernie Evans with Evans Media Source heard her sing

Mountain Fever Records has released a new single for Volume Five, the third from their upcoming album, Karma, set to release next week. It's a song called It's Gonna Get Better, written by two of the most celebrated songwriters in bluegrass,

Here's another fun arrangement of a Christmas favorite from The Petersens, of Branson, MO. This family band entertains many thousands of music lovers every year from their perch at the Little Opry Theatre in Branson, where they play multiple shows

Here's a twist on a bluegrass instrumental standard, whether you know it as Duelin' Banjos, Fussin' Banjos, Fuedin' Banjos, or any of several similar names. It comes from the Bottom Dollar Boys of Florida, who teamed up with Dr. Haiqiong Deng,

Pinecastle Records has released a performance music video for Daryl Mosley's new Christmas song this season. It's one he wrote with Rick Lang, An Old Fashioned Christmas, very much in keeping with Mosley's penchant for nostalgia about the old days and

As we approach Christmas 2022, Chosen Road has another performance video from their current album, Appalachian Christmas. This one is for Ralph Stanley favorite Christmas Is Near, sung by mandolinist Zach Alvis in duet with bassist Josh Hicks, with guitarist Jonathan

The California Bluegrass Association has announced that the popular Julian Family Fiddle Camp, a five day workshop in Julian, CA, is now part of the CBA. Despite the name, the Camp offers instruction in old-time and bluegrass style fiddle, flat-pick and