Author: John Lawless

The 2025 Josie Music Awards were held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on November 2, the largest and most prestigious awards within the independent music industry. When the names were all read, Carolina Bluegrass Style, from Columbia, SC,

Perennial bluegrass hitmakers Volume Five have a new single release with Mountain Fever Records, the title track of their current album, Leave A Light On. As with everything they record, it's a thoughtful song, this time a ballad written by Grayson

Most serious fans and students of Appalachian music are familiar with the phenomenon known as "The Bristol Sessions," a series of seminal recordings that first captured artists in the Blue Ridge region. These occurred when Ralph Peer brought remote recording

Tyler Griffith, bass player with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, has announced that he will be leaving his position with the band. Griffith has been in music most of his life, growing up around his family's bluegrass group. He's proficient on

But not completely. The venerable Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention, held for 54 years by Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster, MD, has announced a fall virtual competition in addition to its May in-person event. The virtual convention will be held in

Bluegrass artist and Bell Buckle Records owner Valerie Smith has a new single with the assonant title, What'll I Do If I Don't Have You. This one was written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee, a plaintive ballad that asks the

Chris Jones, peripatetic world traveler, radio host, and regular columnist here at Bluegrass Today, has been on tour in Europe with Paolo Ercoli this past few weeks, set to return home at the end of this one. But it seems that

Irish-born bluegrass and Americana artist Danny Burns has created a special radio mix of one of the tracks on his recent Bonfire Music Group project, Southern Sky. It's for Does My Ring Burn Your Finger, written by Buddy Miller and Julie

Chris Davis, over two and a half decades in bluegrass music, has been the quintessential professional sideman. He's made his career alongside top touring artists and bands, helping them sound better on stage and in the studio, as a vocalist,

Mountain Home Music has released Working Man Blues, the opening track from their much-anticipated album for flatpick guitar maestro Bryan Sutton, From Roots to Branches. The theme of the project is Bryan paired up with a number of other