Author: John Lawless

Perennial bluegrass singers and songwriters Johnny and Jeanette Williams have teamed up with returning bluegrass artist Jay Shelton for a new album and tour as Shelton & Williams. They got together just as the pandemic hit, and have been rehearsing

More good old traditional bluegrass is on tap this week from Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, with a new single from their upcoming album for Mountain Fever Records. It's a rip roarin' number from Rich Wilbur called My, My, My which the

Sally Sandker has announced today that she has accepted an E-6 position in the US Navy to take the guitar/vocal spot in County Current. The group is the only one dedicated to bluegrass music in the US Navy band system. A

Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week for Hammertowne, taken from an upcoming project, their fifth with the label. The song is one called I'll Blame It On The Rain, a bluesy grasser which bandleader David Carroll tells us came

Josh Grigsby and County Line, a rising traditional bluegrass band from Virginia's Northern Neck, has announced the addition of Taylor Parks on banjo. The group is centered around the singing of the husband-and-wife team of Josh and Crystal Grigsby, who grew

Mountain Fever Records has a new single today for Theo & Brenna, coming from Dreams For Sale, their upcoming full length album with the label. Theo & Brenna are Theo and Brenna Mac Millan, sibling singers and songwriters living in Nashville,

On last weekend's Huckabee show, which airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), TV news anchor Doug McKelway joined host Mike Huckabee to talk about Centerpoint, a news program launching next week on TBN. For years McKelway's was a familiar face to

Melton & Miller Music has a new single today for Woody Platt, guitarist and lead singer with Steep Canyon Rangers. Entitled One Last Goodbye, and written by Chris Stapleton and Barry Bales, it marks the first recording from a group of

The DC Bluegrass Union has chosen today, the birthday of the late guitarist Orrin Star, to announce the first recipient of their music scholarship which honors his many contributions to bluegrass music. Marleigh Blackwell of Capon Bridge, West Virginia is the

Authentic Unlimited - photo © Laci Mack It has been since the launch of Dailey & Vincent in 2007 that there's been as much excitement about a new bluegrass act as there is today for Authentic Unlimited. This band, picking up where