Author: John Lawless

Dark Shadow Recording in Nashville has announced the signing of bluegrass genre-benders Full Cord to the label. Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Full Cord has been making a name for themselves this past 15 years by mixing bluegrass with pop, rock,

Lori King & Junction 63 have a new single from their debut album with Turnberry Records, Walkin' The Blues. Hailing from Iowa, Lori likes to describe the band sound as traditional and hard-driving paired with Midwestern determination and grit. They have

This past weekend the California Bluegrass Association held their 2022 edition of the normally annual Great 48 festival, an all jamming event held in Bakersfield, CA. CBA chose the site because it is located almost exactly in between San Diego

The Hutchison Brothers are a well remembered part of the bluegrass scene in southeastern Ohio. Starting in the mid-1970s, brothers John (J.D.) on guitar and Bob (Zeke) Hutchison on banjo recorded and performed original music, along with Tom Hampton on

Mountain Fever Records has released another track from Surely Will Be Singing, expected later this month from Nashville songwriters and artists Tammy Rogers & Thomm Jutz. Like all the tracks on this new album, Long Gone comes from the pens of

Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, TN has announced an ongoing partnership with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, who got their start performing at entertainment facilities at the distillery. One of the fastest growing spirits companies in the US, Ole Smoky distributes their

Rebel Records has released another single from traditional bluegrass preservationist Jeremy Stephens, taken from his current solo project, How I Hear It. Since he was a boy, Jeremy has had a deep fascination for the early bluegrass and traditional country music

Billy Blue Records has a new single for Donna Ulisse, taken from her upcoming Livin' Large project, due to hit February 25. It's a song she wrote with her husband, Rick Stanley, called The End of Crazy about that feeling when you

The IBMA Foundation has announced today the launch of the new Katy Daley Broadcast Media/Sound Engineering Scholarship. It will be awarded annually to individuals planning to study broadcasting or sound engineering at college or in a continuing education program with a bluegrass

For several months we have trying to pin down Nik Monnin, the man behind the new Apollo Picks, which have created quite a stir in the bluegrass and acoustic music world. But Nik is a busy guy, not only doing