Author: John Lawless

A little more than two years ago we reviewed a very clever instructional book for fiddlers, written by Nashville musician John Mailander. Titled A Fiddler's Guide To Moveable Shapes, it conveys information in a succinct fashion that will be highly

The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced the addition of Casey Campbell to its staff, taking the Director of Communication position. Casey is already well known in Nashville and bluegrass circles as a mandolin prodigy. He has been received

Zachary R. Hoeft was a popular figure in the amateur bluegrass scene in Bloomington, IL. Known to his friends as Zac Straw, he was a staple at jams and festivals, especially among those that tended toward the more progressive, Grateful

Lateral Blue has made a lot of noise in Nashville with their use of the traditional format of the bluegrass ensemble to perform and record more contemporary and progressive music. Their debut album, Go Your Own Way: A Bluegrass Tribute

Rounder Records has released Bad For You, the title track from their upcoming album from The SteelDrivers, as a debut single. Like most of their music, it's a mega-bluesy number featuring hair-parting vocals from guitarist, Kelvin Damrel, who came up in music

The Lexington, Kentucky-based WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour staged its 1000th show with a taping on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Special guests on this historic occasion were the two-time Grammy award-winning Riders In The Sky. Riders In The Sky’s founder member and

Sarah Harris-Hall and her family's touring bluegrass group, Trinity River Band, have come up with a big improvement over the year-end holiday letter so many of us are accustomed to receiving from family and friends, along with a Christmas card. 2019

The live concert album from The Earls of Leicester on Rounder has been a big hit since it was released last year. Captured for both audio and video during a two-night stint at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Hame & Museum

Snowball is an apt image for the winter months, especially for those in the northern US and Canada, where there is generally ample snow for balling and throwing. But for Baltimoreons, the word calls up more of a summer theme. That's

Cindy Baucom's annual bluegrass Christmas show is heading your way! Each year Cindy, along with Terry, her banjo-pickin' husband, host a special Christmas edition of her syndicated radio program, Knee Deep In Bluegrass. Heard on dozens of affiliates across the southern