Author: John Lawless

Having a famous last name can be tough in the music business. Sure, it can open a lot of doors at first, but comparisons can be difficult when listeners compare you against a legendary artist. In other words, it may

My Bluegrass Story, a television program produced by The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, debuts tonight, January 21, on RFD-TV. The weekly show airs for the first time at 8:00 p.m. (EST), rebroadcasting at midnight each Friday evening on

Billy Blue Records has released another single from Shades of Blue, their next album with Nashville grasser - by way of Australia - Kristy Cox. The new track is called Appalachian Blue, and was written by Jerry Salley, David Haley Lauver,

Anyone who collected trading cards as a youngster can recall the thrill and anticipation each time you got a new pack of cards. Quickly tearing open the wrapper, you would check through the cards to see who you got. If

Fred Geiger, noted banjo player and instructor in Maryland, died in the early morning of January 12 when his house was engulfed by fire, with him in it. He was 82 years of age. His was a familiar name to two

Highly decorated Nashville bassist Missy Raines has a big announcement today concerning her touring bluegrass group, Allegheny. Fiddler Ellie Hakanson, known to bluegrass fans from her five year tenure with Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, is moving from Oregon to Nashville to

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has announced March 25 as the release date for Never Slow Down, the new album by The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and dropped a new single to whet our appetites. Both celebrate the hard driving original bluegrass sound that

Peghead Nation has announced a new 8-part banjo workshop series with Bill Evans, focusing on Melodic & Single-String Banjo, starting this weekend online. Bill tells us that all levels of skill and experience are welcome for these live sessions, which will

The Recording Academy has announced that the 64th annual Grammy Awards will be held on April 3, after having been postponed from its original date of January 31. The January date was moved for fears of COVID contagion, and artists'

With a new album set for release next month, jamgrass heroes Yonder Mountain String Band are back on the road, and dropping a new music video for one of the new tracks. It's for If Only, written and sung by guitarist