Author: John Lawless

Contemporary grassers The Often Herd, hailing from the north of England, have their debut, full length album set for a June release, and have a new single and music video available now. Since getting together several years ago, The Often Herd

The Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and the Virginia General Assembly have named Rita Janette Forrester, granddaughter of A.P. and Sara Carter, as the 2022 recipient of their Outstanding Virginian Award. She

In this afternoon's announcement of the nominees for the 21st annual Americana Honors & Awards, presented by the Americana Music Association, we see that Billy Strings has been nominated for Artist of the Year. While there is usually a limited amount

RBR Entertainment has announced the signing of Grascals guitarist and vocalist Chris Davis to the label, and have released a first single today from an upcoming album. Chris has been active in bluegrass for many years, working alongside some of the

Stillhouse Junkies - photo by Renee Cornue Studio The hands down favorites at the 2021 Wold of Bluegrass convention were Stillhouse Junkies, who won over every audience they appeared before with their energetic and animated stage performance, and quirky but appealing

Darren Nicholson Band at the 3rd annual Steve Sutton Memorial Benefit - photo by Wayne Ebinger Through the efforts of Darren Nicholson, mandolinist with Balsam Range, and Bill Byerly of Whitewater Bluegrass Company, a third annual memorial benefit concert in honor

Today's the day! The long awaited debut single and music video from the Tennessee Bluegrass Band has arrived. This newly-formed group raised a great many expectations when it was announced that they would be recording with Billy Blue Records, and

Things have been moving fast for West Virginia guitarist Jake Eddy. Not many months ago he was an obscure flatpicker, working on bluegrass with his brother around home, and posting videos on YouTube. Last summer, we heard a powerful track he

It's always great news when we learn of another radio program playing bluegrass music over the air. One such debuted last week, Jonathan Buckner's Appalachian Revival, playing a mix of secular and Gospel bluegrass on Willie 94.5 in Bluefield, WV.

Traditional bluegrass specialist Kevin Prater has announced another new face in his touring band this season. Alex Donahue has come aboard playing bass. Just 20 years old, he is competent on multiple instruments and has worked with a number of regional