Author: John Lawless

West coast bluegrass youth phenoms Broken Compass Bluegrass have announced an addition to the band, growing to a quartet with the inclusion of Sam Jacobs on bass. When we spoke with the group back in March, fiddler Mei Lin Heirendt told

On May 20, The IBMA Foundation drew a winner in their 2nd annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle to raise funds for their various charitable and educational efforts on behalf of bluegrass music. This year's raffle was for a 2010 Huber

Milan Miller has long been known as a clever songwriter, whether singing about human emotions, reminiscences, or matters of deeper meaning. He knows his way around a lyric and has delivered hit after hit in bluegrass music, both for himself

The Grand Master Fiddler Championship, held annually in Nashville over the Labor Day weekend, has announced that submissions are now open for their Matthew Thomas Lin Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship, now in its second year, was created to honor the memory

Independent Canadian bluegrass artists The Slocan Ramblers have released a music video for one of the songs on their upcoming album, Up the Hill and Through the Fog. It's for I Don't Know, an offbeat sort of love song from banjo

Becky Buller has done it again. Known for her cross-genre musical experimentation with her Becky Buller Band, she has now reached even further across the aisle with a bluegrass version of We Will Rock You, perhaps the most anthemic rock

The GillyGirls Band from Prather, California traveled all the way to Branson, MO to compete last month in Silver Dollar City's 20th KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band contest. The journey was well worth the trouble as they came away with first

David Parmley may have retired from touring - for the second time - but he certainly isn't through with bluegrass music. Widely recognized as one of the finest vocalists in traditional/contemporary bluegrass over the past 50 years, Parmley has just

For nearly four decades banjoist Bill Evans has been offering a presentation called The Banjo in America, which condenses the 250 year history of our beloved banjo into a concert-length event. During these shows, which are part performance, part demonstration, and

Engelhardt Music Group has a new single for bluegrass vocalist Tina Adair, fresh off her multi-year success with Sister Sadie. It's the first from her upcoming solo project with EMG, expected this fall. This is one she wrote with Glen Duncan