Author: John Lawless

We have had occasion to remark more than once over the years that a welcome change we've noticed in the bluegrass world was the regular inclusion of trained bassists in younger bands. Many a fine musician over the years has

Mark this date, and plan to be watching as the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum hosts a major fundraiser on October 28. The Museum was able to reopen last week to visitors in Nashville, but like every business and

Eastern Kentucky's Goodwin Brothers, Jonathan and Will, are working on a new album now, and despite being slowed somewhat by COVID restrictions this summer, report progress nonetheless with Jamie Dailey producing their vocals. The nucleus of the band is Jonathan on

Bonfire Music Group has released a single from Irish-born singer and songwriter Danny Burns, who is accompanied on the track by Sarah Jarosz on harmony vocals and octave mandolin. The single is one called Many Moons Ago, which Burns says he

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced some further details about this year's virtual World of Bluegrass convention, taking place at the end of September. Owing to municipal quarantine restrictions in North Carolina, the 2020 event will be held entirely

Turnberry Records has announced the signing of vocalist Geoff Buell to the label. He has agreed to a two record deal over the next two years. Buell had the good fortune to spend much of his youth living in Nashville. Though

Anyone who follows music online has seen the shift to live streaming performances since indoor, in-person assemblies have been restricted in multiple states. As the market demonstrated that simple Facebook Live sets weren't delivering the intensity that music lovers miss

Jake and Rebekah Workman, both highly skilled bluegrass musicians, are celebrating the birth last week of their first child. Jake is the guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rebekah is a noted fiddler and vocalist. Isaac Jacob Workman was

Each year when wildfires spread along the US Pacific coast, those of us back east are filled with a mix of awe and wonder. In fact, people everywhere are struck by the enormous power of a blaze tearing through wooded

William Shakespeare's seminal works of English literature still resonate with readers and theatergoers more than 400 years after his death. Translated into every imaginable language and reframed into countless new settings, Shakespeare's plays find new audiences every year all over