Author: John Lawless

Bonfire Music Group has chosen Lucky Man from Steve Thomas and Time Machine as their latest focus single. The song appears on the band's current album, All of These Years. It's a feel good, up-tempo number written by David Lee and

Southwest Virginia bluegrass artist Mike Mitchell has new music to share, and is doing so through a livestream concert tonight to benefit a very worthy regional organization. The Floyd-based singer, songwriter, educator, and multi-instrumentalist has been offering free livestream concerts from

Mountain Fever Records moves fast! Not two weeks from announcing the signing of bluegrass singer Linda Lay to the label, they have released her first single. It's a song from the catalog of Charlie Pride, The Happiness Of Having You, written

Last summer we introduced our readers to Strengeplukk, a Norwegian bluegrass group based in Stavanger, on the southwestern coast of the Scandinavian nation. This week they are releasing their second EP in 2020, an all-instrumental project called Nyslått Gras, which translates

Turnberry Records has announced the signing of Nashville vocalist and mandolinist Luke McKnight to the label. This talented artist has a long history in bluegrass music and has a new album ready for release in the near future. Luke actually comes

Tony Rice's Manzanita album was a life-changer for young bluegrass musicians when it hit in 1979, not unlike the J.D. Crowe & The New South record four years earlier. In many ways, those two projects set the tone for contemporary

Rounder Records has released a new music video from Billy Strings, featuring one of the songs from his current album, Home. Billy has a reputation as the crazed flatpicker, based on his frenetic and highly energized live performances, where he mimics

There was a time, not so very long ago, when blank staff paper was a common commodity in music stores. Sold both in tear-off sheets and in bound books, those who liked to write down their creative ideas could keep

Darren Nicholson, Balsam Range mandolinist, vocalist and songwriter, will be featured this evening in a solo livestream performance from White Horse Live in Black Mountain, NC. Since COVID-19 shutdowns have restricted the ability on venues and nightspots to open, White Horse

West Virginia's Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band has released a new single today, A Miner's Life, originally recorded by Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen. But this track is not just another Gentlemen cover. It has an inside baseball backstory all its