Author: John Lawless

Banjo maestro Terry Baucom and his Dukes of Drive have a new single on offer this week from their current release, Fine Time To Get The Blues.  Like others on the record, Land On Our Feet comes from the pen of

Casey Driessen has always been something of an enigma in the fiddle world. No one challenges this five stringer's virtuosity, or his dedication to interesting and unique fiddle music. But he has always gone down the road less traveled, at

Another bluegrass baby! I guess we know what our favorite touring artists were doing during the 2020 lockdown. This time we give a Bluegrass Today welcome to Arlie Reid Bryan, the first born child of John Bryan, guitarist/vocalist with The Grascals, and

Mountain Home Music has a new single this week from their star-studded Bluegrass at the Crossroads album. This project brings together pickers and singers from a number of Mountain Home acts in a band scramble sort of setting, where we

Berkley O. "Berk" Bryant, known as "The Country Gentleman" on both stage and radio, passed away on Christmas Eve 2020 at Heritage Green Assisted Living and Memory Care in Lynchburg, VA. He was 90 years of age, and had been

Following last year's announcement from founding member Dale Ann Bradley that she was leaving the group, bluegrass powerhouse Sister Sadie has named a new member, and brought a long serving sub into the fold as well. Celebrated young vocalist Jaelee Roberts

Josh Swift, reso-guitarist with The Isaacs and Lyle Lovett, and his wife, Tobi, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Sully Lynn Swift was born on Sunday, February 21, at 3:03 p.m. at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Tennessee.

Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five and instructor at Acoustic Cellar Guitars in Clarksville, GA, suffered a stroke on Monday night (February 22). He was taken to the hospital in Greenville, SC and was listed in critical condition overnight. He

Engelhardt Music Group has a new single for bluegrass singer and songwriter Tina Adair, the second to drop from her upcoming album with the Nashville-based label. Her last was a driving cover of a Kathy Mattea song, and now we have

The Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, VA is offering a free virtual business conference on Friday, February 26, entitled A Place in the Band: Women in Bluegrass and American Roots Music. This live event is part of a series