Author: John Lawless

Engelhardt Music Group has a new single for Fast Track, taken from the sophomore album for this fast rising bluegrass band of five veteran pickers. Fast Track is Dale Perry on banjo, Steve Day on fiddle, Ron Spears on bass, Shayne

If you've been thinking of learning to play bluegrass rhythm on the guitar, or spice up your backup picking if you're already a guitarist, Mel Bay Publications has a new book that may be just the ticket. Entitled Contemporary Bluegrass Backup

Last week the North Florida Bluegrass Association held its annual meeting and board elections for the first time virtually, and have announced a new slate of board members and officers. The Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, and has

Morning Glory Music has a new single from The Gospel Plowboys, which showcases their signature traditional bluegrass Gospel sound on a new song called Don't You Want To Go. Morning Glory is the Gospel and inspirational music imprint of Mountain

This past Saturday, the audience at the Grand Ole Opry got a special treat when the Vincent Family, a la The Sally Mountain Show, reunited for a set of Gospel songs. Rhonda Vincent and her brothers Darrin and Brian Vincent

The folks at The Caverns in Pelham, TN, host stage for the recording of the PBS television series, Bluegrass Underground, and many other concerts each year, has announced a new bluegrass and jamgrass festival starting this fall. CaveFest is scheduled for

Kentucky's Wolfpen Branch has a new single with a lyric video available this week. The band is a mashup of experienced grassers from the Louisville and Lexington region, and got its start as Hancock & Shouse, taken from singers and songwriters

Theo McMillan, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter with Theo & Brenna, and Paige Park, were married on April 10 in Nashville. Paige is a fiddler and works at The Violin Shop there in town. Their wedding was hosted at the Scarritt Bennett

If you have been involved in the fretted stringed instrument world for any period of time, you will have surely heard stories about leaving a new guitar or mandolin in front of a speaker to help break it in. The

We have another new bluegrass single this week from Strengeplukk, Norwegian grassers from the city of Stavanger on the country's southwestern coast. We first discovered their music in 2019 when they were featured in our recurring Bluegrass Beyond Borders column,