Author: John Lawless

Nate Burie, former mandolinist with Special Consensus, and his wife, Rachel, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Alistair John Burie made a surprise appearance on November 22 at 3:30 a.m. more than two months early. His birth weight was

Here's another holiday offering from Pinecastle Records, a lovely acoustic string arrangement of an all-time favorite song from the 1965 television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The animated show based on the Charles Schulz comic strip, Peanuts, was hugely popular at

615 Hideaway Records has a new single this month for Audie Blaylock and Redline. It's the title cut from their upcoming album, Different Than Today. Like much of the band's original material, this song was written by bassist Reed Jones. It

Billy Blue Records has a ripping new single for Darin & Brooke Aldridge, featuring the legendary Oak Ridge Boys, that is sure to be a hit on both the bluegrass and Gospel charts. It's one written by Jimmy Fortune of The

Paige Capos have been made by the Paige family in Michigan for 33 years, providing quality, cost-effective, American-made capos to the fretted stringed instrument world since 1988. Now they are preparing to introduce a new model, the Paige Pro, with a

David Harvey presents Doyle Lawson with a Bill Monroe Hall of Fame Gibson F5 - photo by Styx Hicks When Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver played their final show at Nashville's Station Inn on November 27, David Harvey with Gibson Mandolins was

From Finland comes Self Rising Flour, a four-piece group that specializes in original traditional bluegrass written by their banjo player, Kalle Tuovinen. They released a debut project earlier this year, All Original, filled with solid, old school grass sung in English.

Troy Engle has released a new video, the title track from his current Fox Hollow Memories album. This project primarily features songs that Troy wrote with his good friends, Tom T and Dixie Hall, but this one is one he

Dark Shadow Recording has released a new holiday single from Becky Buller, featuring two of her original songs. Since she has done this very thing before, they are titling this release The Christmas 45 - Volume 2. The two tracks couldn't

Jason Moore - photo by Deb Miller/ B Chord Photography Following the unexpected passing of Jason Moore, veteran bluegrass performer and bassist with Sideline, family and friends have established a pair of funds to assist his family with final expenses. As some of