Author: John Lawless

Evan Dickerson and The Carl Bentley Band We written several times here about Evan Dickerson, a young man from Ohio with a passion and love for bluegrass music as big as the world is wide. A regular at most of the

Volume Five has announced Jared Hensley of Weaverville, NC as their new guitarist, replacing Jacob Burleson who had been in that position for several years. An experienced pro at a young age, Jared has stints with several touring bluegrass acts under

Rebel Records has produced a music video for their latest single with Rrinaco, Two or More. The oddly-named outfit is a sort of alter ego for Corrina Rose Logston Stephens, fiddler and vocalist with arch-traditionalist grassers High Fidelity. She created it

A great many people were touched by the article we posted last month about Katie Powderly, and her organization, Guitars for Girls. Their efforts revolve around finding young ladies, 8-17, who would like to learn to play the guitar, particularly

The Po' Ramblin' Boys, one of the top current traditional bluegrass bands on the circuit, have teamed up with Tommy Brown, very near the pinnacle of trad grass vocalists, for a strong new track for Sound Biscuit Records. Let 'em Know

Loren Postma with Roosevelt Road Pacific northwest reso-guitarist Laurence Postma, known to friends as Loren, died on October 9 following a brief battle with cancer. He was 81 years of age. Born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Loren moved around a good bit as

One of the most enduringly successful holiday tours in acoustic music is surely Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Christmas. Popular over many years, like his Ricky Skaggs Family Christmas shows, the band brings a fresh bluegrass feel to a slate

Also just out today is a new single from Billy Blue Records for Appalachian Road Show, a song from Cahalen Morrison called Won't Be Long. This group has developed a sterling reputation for taking bluegrass music in different directions; not in

It's that time again! Christmas music is making its way to Bluegrass Today! And we start with everybody's favorite bluegrass Christmas elf, Kody Norris, and his new version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Can you just picture Kody and

Deanie Richardson and Kimber Ludiker are not simply two of the finer fiddlers working in and around bluegrass, they each also lead award-winning all-female supergroups. Deanie fiddles with Sister Sadie, and Kimber with Della Mae, though both are also involved