Author: John Lawless

We had mentioned last month that, owing to a reorganization of the company that produced a number of bluegrass festivals in Kentucky and Ohio, the popular SamJam Bluegrass Festival in Piketon, OH was due to be renamed. After a brief online

The life of recent Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee Arnold Shultz is memorialized by Nashville singer and songwriter LaTresa Smith, who has written and recorded a song in his honor. Shultz was a major influence on a young Bill

Irish-born bluegrass and Americana artist Danny Burns has signed a management contract with The Table Entertainment Co., under the direction of Nashville songwriting veteran and CEO Mike Wright Brady. Burns has seen a number of career highs with his 2025 album Southern Sky,

Mountain Fever Records has a new single from one of their most recent signees, South Carolina's Backline. Heartbreak Express mines perhaps the most popular theme in bluegrass music, and though sung by Backline guitarist Katelyn Ingardia, who is also their primary

Thoroughbred Records and Chosen Road have released a live performance video today of their current single, Daddy Was A Navy Man, in honor of the 250th Anniversary of the US Navy. October 13, 1775 is marked as the official birth

The Wilder Flower has a powerful new single for the fall, very much in keeping with their tough, independent bluegrass vibe. Guitarist Danielle Yother wrote this latest release, Pretty Boy, with Delnora Reed Acuff, about a young man from the city

Congratulations to The Arizona Wildflowers, i.e., the Dietrich siblings from Casa Grande, AZ, a young bluegrass and western swing group, have been nominated for Duo or Group of the Year by the International Western Music Association. We've covered the Wildflowers many

Dan Tyminski has partnered with acoustic amplification specialists LR Baggs in a series of videos about the company's new HiFi Duet multi source pickup and microphone system. A serious tone guy, Dan had resisted the use of a guitar pickup for

Pinecastle Records has released a new single from America's favorite bluegrass family band, Williamson Branch. The One I Can't Live Without is a ballad written by Williamson family pater familias Kevin Williamson with Shelton Feazell. It tells of a woman eager to

The Blue Highway boys may all be in Big Stone Gap, VA right now for their annual Blue Highway Fest, but their label, Down The Road Records, found time to release a new single this week. Is Now The Time shows