Author: John Lawless

Bell Buckle Records, in conjunction with The Single Factory, are set to release a new single tomorrow from Valerie Smith. It's for From A Distance, written by Julie Gold, which was a major hit for Bette Midler in 1990. The song

If you've never visited the Bluegrass Bus Museum, you've missed a great treat for lovers of bluegrass history. The converted 1955 Flixible bus has been restored to look like the bus that carried Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs all over the

Even though we can't get out and see any live music just now, there are a great many new releases hitting while everyone is stuck at home. Our bluegrass record labels are doing their part to ease the cabin fever

With most public accommodations closed to further the social distancing mandates, the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has devised a clever way to continue sharing its many troves of instruments and memorabilia with banjo lovers worldwide. They have launched a new

Since we wrote last week about plans for an online youth bluegrass festival, hosted and promoted with Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars (TBS), we have learned from 17 year old organizer, Autumn Moore, that she has found enough young bands willing to participate, and

Nashville's High Fidelity has been known since their inception in 2014 for a strict adherence to the sound and style of bluegrass music in its earliest days. Those old enough to remember how the grass was played in the '50s

Bluegrass music has generated its share of truly clever comedy over the years. From the earliest days, it was common to include a comedian on stage shows by Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and The Stanley Brothers. Anyone who saw

Jesse Smathers, mandolinist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band, and Sarah Farley were married on April 4 in a small private ceremony in Virginia. Jesse tells us that their initial wedding plans were quashed by the state imposed requirements for social

As Christians all over the world despair of being able to attend services during the holiest week of the year, singer/songwriter Daniel Crabtree has released a new single that tells the Easter Story. He Is Risen From The Dead is available

Close followers of the Nashville music scene will recall that Randy Scruggs, the late middle son of the great Earl Scruggs, had until his passing in 2018, operated a successful recording studio in Berry Hill, TN. Randy ran Scruggs Sound Studio