Author: John Lawless

On the list of recipients for the 2020 Governor's Awards in the Arts from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, are two figures prominent in our music world. Country and bluegrass singer/songwriter Tom T. Hall, and Michael Johnathon, host of the popular

East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, perhaps the first major state school to offer a degree in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies, has announced a new concentration. Starting with the Fall 2021 semester, students within the Bluegrass, Old

Deering Banjos has introduced a new model under the Vega name, a professional grade open back banjo called the Vintage Star. Vega once made some of the most highly desirable banjos in the world, five string, plectrum, and tenor models, first

Milwaukee has been in the news quite a bit this year, and it has not all been good press. What with police shootings, rioting, and claims of election interference, this largest city in Wisconsin has seen its share of troubles.

Pinecastle Records has released a third single from Daryl Mosley's debut solo bluegrass project, The Secret of Life, highlighting both his powerful songs and spirited vocals. This time it's a song called In A Country Town, one he wrote about growing

Theo MacMillan, Chris Alderman, and Brenna MacMillan Nashville sibling bluegrass duo, Theo & Brenna, has signed with the newly-formed agency, Deluge Music Management, for exclusive management representation. Theo and Brenna MacMillan grew up in Kentucky, as two of twelve brothers and sisters. When

Luke McKnight, lifelong bluegrass performer and grandson of mandolin master, Jesse McReynolds, has suffered from one of the less often discussed misadventures of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the strict restrictions throughout the US, especially during the early

The bluegrass world is just coming to terms with the loss of Steve Gulley earlier this year to an aggressive intestinal cancer. He passed on August 18, not even a month after receiving his diagnosis, many years too soon. Recently a

Steve Wilson is a pretty smart guy. He has a pair of bluegrass-related business, and he calls them both by the same name - Wilson Banjo Co. Anytime he is promoting one, the other gets mentioned at the same time.

Chris Eldridge, guitarist with Punch Brothers and noted soloist and educator, has been named as a Visiting Associate Professor of Contemporary American Acoustic Music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The appointment begins with the Spring 2021 semester, running through the