Author: John Lawless

Scroggins & Rose is an instrumental duo team featuring Tristan Scroggins and Alisa Rose on mandolin and fiddle, respectively. Given that Tristan is in Nashville and Alisa in San Francisco, they don't get to perform together as often as they'd

Today marks the release of Shadows On The Moon, the highly anticipated second album from the UK's Midnight Skyracer, comprised of four lady Brits and a gal from Northern Ireland. Their crisp style of contemporary bluegrass has won them fans

For the past six years, the campus of Jacksonville State University has been the home of an annual June festival called Bluegrass On The Rim. It was popular with students and residents in Jacksonville, AL where everyone could congregate outdoors at

We have long enjoyed covering family bands here at Bluegrass Today. It is always fun watching young musicians interacting with each other, and with audiences from the stage, and often we see them grow and mature into seasoned young adult

Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Troy Boone and Aaron "Frosty" Foster to the label. They will record a new album as Boone & Foster, and have known each other since they were in school together in the

Kentucky's Turning Ground has been making noise in the bluegrass world since winning the First Annual Banjo Island Band competition in 2014. Now signed with Pinecastle Records, the quintet is working on a new album of mostly original material. A debut

Just six months ago, we told you about a new act on the bluegrass scene, Jeff Parker & Colin Ray. Well... they weren't really a new act; Jeff and Colin were already performing together in the Jeff Parker Band. But

Banjo player Joe Dean has announced that he is leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver after 8 years on the road with the band. Joe tells us that he has been touring professionally since he was 18 years old, and as he

Oregon's Kristen Grainger & True North describe their sound as "bluegrass picking, folk singing, and Americana themes," which is the focus of their new album, Ghost Tattoo, expected later this month. The quartet includes Grainger on vocals and guitar, along with

Gaven Largent, the multi-talented young banjo player and reso-guitarist with Dailey & Vincent has announced that he is leaving the group. He had worked with Jamie and Darrin this past two years, appearing regularly on their television program and touring with