Author: John Lawless

Barbara Jo Kammer has a new album of her original music, Big Blue Sky In The Morning, touching on a number of different styles, all in keeping with her overall mission of addiction recovery. She spent 40 years of her

It's been a big few months for Rick Faris, guitarist and vocalist with Special Consensus. He saw his own solo project release on Dark Shadow Recording, and a new album from Special C on Compass, with some chart actions for

Curt Love of Oakboro, NC has been named as the new bass player for Junior Sisk. He comes highly recommended by a group of loyal fans in the central part of the state, who have been following this young man's

For visitors to Bristol, TN/VA, one of the most popular stops is the handprinted mural depicting early country artists who had been recorded by Ralph Peer just down State Street in 1927. It adorns the side of a brick building,

Jamie Sparks with his daughter, Janie, and his backwards banjo Jamie Sparks has been announced as the new banjo player with The Dowdy Brothers, a southwest Virginia band known for their mega-traditional approach to bluegrass music, with a heavy Stanley influence. The

When Jamie Dailey graduated from Jackson County High School in 1993, he may have dreamed of returning someday as a TV star and a member of the Grand Ole Opry. And he had that chance last month when he attended graduation

Like most acts in the music business, Colorado's Bowregard had high expectations heading into 2020. Having won the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest in 2019, they were looking at major festival bookings throughout the Rocky Mountain region, and a new album

Mountain Home Music Company has released a second single from Carley Arrowood, which will also be included on her upcoming debut album with the label. This talented young artist, singer, and songwriter has seen a good deal of the music industry

Today we welcome a young man born with a legit bluegrass music pedigree. Joe Lurgio and Ashlee-Jean Trott Lurgio are celebrating the birth of their second child, Foster James Lurgio, born yesterday morning at Midtown Hospital in Nashville. He arrived at 7:31

The guys in San Francisco's Hot Buttered Rum have been wanting to do something to mark the release of their seventh studio album, Something Beautiful, back in April. But with quarantine and travel restrictions in place, even getting together to