Author: John Lawless

The passing on Tuesday evening of Steve Gulley, bluegrass singer, songwriter, band leader, and all around great guy, has really had a profound impact on the bluegrass community. As our obituary on Tuesday night said, Steve was well loved by everyone

The Whippoorwill Arts Festival, scheduled for the end of this month in the Bay Area of California, will instead be offered as a virtual online event, with donations to the organization requested in lieu of tickets. Whippoorwill Arts is a relatively

Nashville-based bluegrass singers and songwriters Billy and Marija Droze, husband and wife in real life, have each dropped new singles this week on the independent RBR Entertainment label. Though the pair frequently write together, and sing on each other's recordings, they

Turnberry Records has announced the signing of soulful bluegrass vocalist Greg Blake to the label. For many years, Blake was the lead singer with Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, where he developed a strong and loyal following based on his passionate delivery and

The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music has for the past ten years awarded a grant of $50,000 annually to a prominent 5 string banjoist which Steve and his Board of Directors have selected. The first

Jayne Henderson, luthier at EJ Henderson Guitars and daughter of renowned guitar builder, Wayne Henderson, is celebrating the birth of her first child. Sylvia Matilda Henderson Gilbert was born this morning at 10:15 a.m. in Asheville, NC, weighing in at 7

Family and friends of Mike Barnett, fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, have established a medical fund to assist him with expenses related to therapy and rehab following his suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last month. Not yet a household name

Most everyone who grew up learning to play bluegrass music recalls the thrill of learning the solos from their favorite pickers, taken from recordings of their music. Those of a certain age remember that the only way to do this

The interest in vintage vinyl keeps going up, something that wasn't envisioned by most music lovers when the era of the compact disc began in the mid-'80s. As the cost of CD players dropped rapidly during that time, and nearly

The world of touring musicians always looks a bit glamorous from the audience side of the stage, but when you get to know some of the artists who do it for a living, it becomes clear that it is a