Author: John Lawless

To celebrate today's release of Ups, Downs, and No Name Towns, the latest album from Sideline, Mountain Home Music is offering a free listen to the putative title track to our readers. The group chose their name some years ago when

Pinecastle Records has announced the signing of traditional grassers, Nick Chandler & Delivered, to the label, and released a debut single from the band's upcoming album.  The North Carolina group is fronted by mandolinist and lead singer Chandler, supported by Zach McCracken

Patrick McAvinue, fiddler and mandolinist for US Navy Band Country Current, and his wife, Jules, are celebrating the birth of their first child. William Coleman McAvinue was born on August 23 at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, MD. His arrival

Tomorrow is release day for Moxie and Mettle, the new album from western North Carolina bluegrass heroes Balsam Range, and Mountain Home Music is offering our readers a sneak peek at another track this morning. It's a new song by an

Valerie Smith has released a music video for her latest single, I Found, included on her current album, Rennaissance. The track was recorded with her touring band, Liberty Pike, which consists of Lisa Kay Howard-Hughes on mandolin, Joe Zauner on banjo,

Celebrated bluegrass fiddler Kenny Sidle died at home in his sleep on September 14 in his native Ohio. He was 90 years of age. Over a long life in music, which started at age 5 and continued well into his 80s,

Ricky Skaggs and The Whites induct The Isaacs as Grand Ole Opry members (9/14/21) © Grand Ole Opry/photo by Chris Hollo Yesterday was a mighty big day for longstanding family-based bluegrass and Gospel singing group, The Isaacs. The mayor of their hometown,

Things are moving fast in young banjo player Tray Wellington's career. A recent graduate of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at ETSU, he already has a record deal with Mountain Home Music, and a new album

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced The Infamous Stringdusters as hosts for the 32nd annual Bluegrass Music Awards, to be held September 30 in Raleigh, NC. The 'Dusters will also appear as musical artists on the show, which will include

Kayla and Jereme Brown share a first dance as husband and wife (9/12/21) Jereme Brown, banjo player and vocalist with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and Kayla Shelton, were married at 3:00 p.m. on September 12 in Shepherdsville, KY. Kayla tells us that