Author: John Lawless

Scott Napier has announced that he is giving up his mandolin position with Wildfire. He is departing the group along with its founding bassist, Curt Chapman. A big part of the reason is Napier's recent move to Owensboro, KY where he

With the 2025 Wold of Bluegrass convention is less than a month away, registered attendees have a lot of questions about the new site in Chattanooga, TN. IBMA Executive Director Ken White was kind enough to sit down with us

Sound Biscuit Productions in Sevierville, TN, home of the popular bluegrass-oriented Sound Biscuit Studio, has announced a new record label. Gravy Records has been carefully developed by Sound Biscuit to give a lift to emerging artists in bluegrass and related roots

Dolly Parton has always meant a great deal to The Grascals. The band actually formed after serving as her bluegrass touring group, and she retains the same fondness for them as they do for her. So it seems quite natural for

The Steep Canyon Rangers have released a music video for their latest single, Next Act, a new song written by founding banjo man Graham Sharp and guitarist Aaron Burdett. The song, and the recording, offer a great example of how seamlessly

Jussi Syren & the Groundbreakers, Finland's top bluegrass group, received some most unwelcome news as they were preparing to visit the US next month as an invited showcase act at World of Bluegrass. After following the instructions shared by the IBMA

The winners of the 2025 Alan Niedlerand Memorial Scholarship, which provides full tuition costs to attend the Alan Bibey Mandolin Camp for worthy young musicians, have been announced. The scholarship was established in honor of North Carolina mandolinist Niederland, who

Virginia singer, songwriter, and fiddler Mike Mitchell has been announced as the newest artist to join the Mountain Fever Records family. And with the announcement comes some new music from his next album, Love Songs, Torch & Bluegrass. A native Canadian,

The hearts of the whole world went out to the victims of the terrible flooding in the Hill Country region of Texas last month. Particularly devastating were the floods in Kerr County, which took 117 of the 135 lives lost

The landmark album, Live, from Alison Krauss & Union Station, is set for a 180 gram vinyl re-issue in November from Craft Recordings. Recorded in Louisville, KY over two nights in April of 2002, the double CD set and DVD video