Author: John Lawless

It may seem hard to believe, but Becky Isaacs Bowman has been performing bluegrass and Gospel music for four decades, and is only now preparing to release her first solo project. The daughter of Joe and Lily Isaacs, she has

Florida's beautiful gulf coast is the setting for the first ever Words on the Water songwriting workshop, scheduled for March 2-5, 2023. A joint venture between Lil House Songwriting Workshop and Laughing Penguin Publicity and Consulting, the three-day seminar is designed

Independent bluegrass artist Ashley Lewis has a new single for Christmas this year, her version of the contemporary favorite, Mary, Did You Know. The song, which had its origins in the Gaither Vocal Band, was written by Mark Lowry and Buddy

Writer, singer, songwriter, and popular Nashville personality Peter Cooper has died following a serious head injury sustained over the weekend. He was 52 years of age. For years Cooper wrote about music for Nashville's paper, The Tennessean, and moved to the

Mountain Home Music has a new single for bluegrass singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ashby Frank, a reworking of Clinton Gregory's Christmas in Virginia. Gregory wrote this song with Ray Pennington and Jack Robertson, and released it back in 1993. Frank says this

The International Bluegrass Music Association is hosting a special concert next weekend to help raise money for the IBMA, as well as their IBMA Trust Fund, which assists members of the bluegrass community in times of need, and the IBMA

Since the 1960s, mandolinist Frank Ray has led Cedar Hill, a band dedicated to the traditional bluegrass sound, from the Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas. The band has endured a couple periods of inactivity, but is back again with

West Virginia bluegrass band Crandall Creek has launched a college scholarship to assist young grassers with tuition costs, and honor the memory of the late bluegrass singer and songwriter, Steve Gulley. "Steve Gulley was noted for his work with youth throughout

Blue Highway - photo by Dean Groover New music from Blue Highway is always good news, and it's been roughly three years since we've had any. So the release of this debut single from an upcoming album is certainly a bright

Do you have a banjo or reso-guitar player on your shopping list who is hard to buy for? Or maybe a guitarist who uses fingerpicks? Well here's an idea... how about a set of fingerpicks or a thumbpick hand cut and