Author: John Lawless

After many successive generations of being looked down upon by the popular culture, the Appalachian heritage at the root of so much bluegrass and old time music is finally being celebrated by academia and the wider world as an authentic

Today is the birthday off the Queen of Bluegrass, the one and only Rhonda Vincent. Please join us in wishing her a happy one! Over the course of this past weekend, her touring band, The Rage, presented her with a very

Compass Records has today released a new music video from Special Consensus, taken from their current, Chicago-themed album, Chicago Barn Dance. All the songs contained therein are about, or have some connection to, the hometown of founder and bandleader, Greg

At the recent Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association’s Pinnacle Awards, the The Johnson City Sessions 90th Anniversary Celebration was singled out as Festival or Event of the Year. The celebration had been held in October 2019, and timed to coincide with the

Austin alt-grassers Wood & Wire have come up with a clever idea to promote their new single, Pigs, a modern day protest number set to a bluegrass beat. Pigs was written by guitarist Tony Kamel with Silas Lowe about the tendency

The new single this week  from fiddler and vocalist Glen Duncan, Six Feet Under The Ground, is the third released in advance of his upcoming album from Engelhardt Music Group. Long time bluegrass veteran, Duncan, has 'been there and done that' in

Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar

Public details for Charlie Daniels' funeral service and procession in Nashville tomorrow (July 10), have been announced by his management. A public service will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro. Vince Gill, Travis Tritt, Gretchen

Ever since we first heard music from Mike Barnett in 2014, it was clear that this young fiddler, vocalist, and songwriter would do big things in this industry. His first album for Compass that year, One Song Romance, demonstrated his

We've all known Jason Barie for his fiddle work over the years, spending time with Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Larry Stephenson Band, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and now alongside Joe Mullins with the Radio Ramblers. He got started with the