Author: John Lawless

Nashville singer and songwriter Billy Wise has never been hesitant to play his bluegrass the way it was done in years gone by. In truth, the way it is still played in the mountains and hollers of America's Appalachian and

Stephen Wang and Tray Wellington, 2021 recipients of Arnold Shultz Fund grants The IBMA Foundation has today announced $12,050 in grants during the first year of their newly-established Arnold Shultz Fund, created last year to encourage participation in bluegrass music by people

Cristina Vane is a young artist with an international, multi-ethnic background who found her musical voice once she settled in the US at 18 years of age. Her debut artist as a singer and songwriter, Nowhere Sounds Lovely, is due

Louisville's Aaron Bibelhauser has a new single today, one that he wrote with Coloradan Mike Finders, recorded with Finders and his bandmates in FY5. That's a long distance for a songwriting session, but Aaron said it was a natural extension since he

We're always happy to see a new single from Milan Miller. Even before listening for the first time, we can be sure that the song will be clever, crisply written, and performed to a high standard. And so it is with

While it's always a tense time for musicians who make major career changes, switching touring acts or launching a new venture, it comes as something of a comfort after such a strange year to report on a story that feels

Leftover Salmon, among the longest surviving musical outfits of the post-1970s progressive bluegrass scene, has announced their re-signing with Compass Records in Nashville. Considered by many as the founders of the jamgrass scene, the Salmon has been running for 30 years

Mountain Fever Records has a new single coming tomorrow from Cedar Hill, headed up by Ozark bluegrass mandolin legend Frank Ray. Cedar Hill has been operating continuously with only a few breaks since 1967, leading to Frank being inducted into the National

A new publicity and radio promotion service has been launched with a California/Nashville nexus to assist independent and part time artists get news of their music to taste makers in the industry. Get It Played is the brainchild of Keith Barnacastle,

The Greer family of Missouri who make up the band Lindley Creek, has been a self-contained unit since they started touring professionally 15 years ago. Like most groups based on blood connections, the Greers had to do for themselves, though they