Author: John Lawless

Ever since it was released as a single by The Country Gentlemen in 1966, Christmas Time Back Home has been a perennial staple among bluegrass Christmas songs. Written by John Duffey and Anne Hill Streeter, and backed on the original

Branded Bluegrass with Valerie Smith of Bell Buckle Records Bell Buckle Records has announced the signing of Indiana's Branded Bluegrass to the label, with a new single and video arriving with the news. The band is headed by guitarist and vocalist Larry

615 Hideaway Records has released a new single from Nick Chandler & Delivered, the third from their current album, Inside The Lines. It's their take on A Tree That Stands Alone, a Randal Hylton song previously recorded by The Country Gentlemen

If you have a bluegrass guitar player or student on your gift list this year, don't forget the many flatpickers who offer lessons online. Find out who their favorites are, and see what is offered from their web site. One such

Here's an early Christmas present for the whole bluegrass community - a new album from Tim Stafford. Entitled Tunes & Ballads, it contains 16 songs and tunes Tim has written, all recorded in small ensembles or solo, including 10 instrumentals and

Over the past few years, Sister Sadie has been a bluegrass sensation. The group, assembled as a side project in 2013, had become one of the most dominant acts in bluegrass, winning both Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group

The IBMA Foundation is now accepting applications for grants to be provided next year from their recently-established Arnold Schultz Fund. Grants will be made for qualified activities, scholarships, or programs designed to increase participation in bluegrass music by people of

Young Liam Purcell is one busy young man. Studying music remotely at the Berklee College of Music from his North Carolina home, he has managed to also record a new album, all by himself, from his home studio. With bandmates

The Bluegrass Christmas music train just keeps on rolling, with a new addition today from The Barefoot Movement. So named for their penchant to perform live sans foot coverings, that habit may not be in perfect synch with the sentiment

Noted west coast fiddler Bruce Johnson passed away on November 20, presumably from complications of COVID-19. He was 67 years of age. Best known to the larger bluegrass community for his time with Sawmill Road and the album he recorded with