Author: John Lawless

Tonight, the IBMA hosted their very first all virtual International Bluegrass Music Awards presented by Count On Me NC. Streamed live online for the whole world to see, the show celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Original Bluegrass Band - Bill

What is it about the COVID shutdowns and marriage proposals? Perhaps the inside togetherness this year has sparked the love bug, or emboldened some future grooms to pop the question. In any event, Daniel Mullins, a longtime Bluegrass Today contributor and

We heard some news this week from our Hollywood insider, the one and only Rhonda Vincent, about the theatrical film she had told us about a few weeks back. She had a chance to appear in this project on screen,

We reported earlier this week about Colin Ray and Jeff Parker dissolving their newly-established partnership as a result of the lack of work this year during the state and municipal shutdowns. If you doubt the impact of COVID on our

The IBMA Foundation, the charitable and educational arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been actively involved all week in the 2020 all virtual World of Bluegrass conference. Their activities will continue through the weekend, with what will be

Tomorrow is release day for Mark Stoffel's new mandolin solo project from Mountain Home Music, Coffee & Cake, and to celebrate they are sharing another track from the album with our readers. Mark is, of course, the longtime mandolinist with Chris

Neither a global pandemic nor intermittent showers could dampen the spirit nor the music this past weekend at the Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. Doyle Lawson’s 40th Annual Bluegrass Festival was one for the record books. With seating spaced to

Today is a day that Melody Williamson won't soon forget. This afternoon, the talented fiddler and singer with Williamson Branch accepted the 2020 Momentum Vocalist Award during IBMA's Momentum Awards ceremony, streamed virtually online. And this evening she has announced her

It was only this past December that we announced that bluegrass veteran Jeff Parker had brought his young guitarist and vocalist, Colin Ray, in as a partner in the band they were promoting. The group had appeared as a showcase

‘Bonnie Lou’ Margaret Moore, of the east Tennessee region country/bluegrass/Gospel duo, Bonnie Lou & Buster, passed away on September 21, 2020, aged 93.  Born Margaret Louise Bell on June 4, 1927, she was a native of Etowah, North Carolina. As a