Author: John Lawless

Irish grassers JigJam have long held that since the roots of American bluegrass come from their homeland, they have the right to put a contemporary Irish folk music in their bluegrass. It's been working for them going on ten years

The banjo auction in support of the scholarship fund for Béla Fleck's Blue Ridge Banjo Camp closes in just two days, offering the opportunity to obtain one of four new banjos at a bargain price. Camp is in session this week

Attention all you lovers of contest fiddle style. This is a good'n! Fiddler and mandolinist extraordinaire Andy Leftwich has reached back to his fiddlers convention days for this latest single, a Texas-sized version of the competition classic, Tom and Jerry. Many

Veteran bluegrass bassist, vocalist, and bandleader Missy Raines has been named as the next Artist in Residence in the Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music program at East Tennessee State University. The appointment is for the 2025-2026 academic year. This position, which

Popular bluegrass songwriter David Stewart is recovery at home in Buffalo, WY after emergency heart surgery last month. David is also known as a singer, entertainer, and all-around personality, and in Wyoming as the proprietor of the historic Occidental Hotel

NewFound Road has been a popular group since guitarist and vocalist Tim Shelton started in 2001, initially as a bluegrass gospel act with three successful recordings with Mountain Home Music. Their sound gradually drifted towards a secular, contemporary bluegrass style,

Western North Carolina new-traditionalists the Asheville Mountain Boys have created a music video for their current single, Last Night. It's a song written and sung by guitarist Marshall Brown, who says that they reached back to the 1950s for the styling

The Edgar Loudermilk Band has announced the addition of banjo player Eddie Hoyle to the band. Eddie and Edgar have been friends for years, and the two played together on a 2013 project that Loudermilk recorded, My Big Chance Tomorrow. Hoyle is

Mountain Home Music has announced the signing of South Carolina bluegrass and gospel group Eighteen Mile to the label. Family is a big part of the Eighteen Mile story, but not in the usual way we expect to see in the

Hollace Oakes, first place Bluegrass Fiddle at the 89th annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention The 89th running of the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA has come and gone, rain and all, leaving Felts Park with the familiar "mud pit" scenario