Author: John Lawless

Ricky Skaggs, and his wife Sharon White, will be the featured guests this weekend on Trisha's Southern Kitchen, airing several times this weekend on the Food Network. The popular cooking show is hosted by Trisha Yearwood, who has known Ricky and

Here's a perfectly timed single release... Just as most of us are getting used to fall temperatures, and the first hints of the winter winds, Pinecastle Records has a new song from The Farm Hands that suits the season. It's the

Kody Norris, creator and operator of The Kody Norris Show, was honored this week by a "Home Of" sign at the entrance to his hometown of Mountain City, Tennessee. Mayor Kevin Parsons and Kody were on hand for the official unveiling

The Maggie Valley Opry House, located among the Smoky Mountains in Maggie Valley, NC, has announced that it has closed permanently. This news is not unexpected following the recent death of Raymond Fairchild, who had managed the venue for more

The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC will be the permanent home of a new exhibit created by Bernie Tapuin, entitled He Will Set Your Fields on Fire. Taupin, a renowned visual artist as well as a multi-award winning lyricist who

The 2019 California Banjo Extravaganza is set to kick off tomorrow in Paradise, CA. The annual tour is managed by banjoist Bill Evans, who each year tours up and down the state for several days with two other top banjo players

Colorado's Wood Belly is hard at work on their second album, fresh off their big win at the 2018 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition, and a 2018 Momentum Award nomination from the IBMA. A debut single from the record is due this

No one who knows Lorraine Jordan would accuse her of being a shrinking violet. The popular bluegrass entertainer and bandleader is also an aggressive entrepreneur, running several businesses near her home in Raleigh, NC, managing two bands, and putting on

Willard Cox, patriarch of The Cox Family who have performed bluegrass, acoustic country, and Gospel music together since 1972, has passed away. He was 82 years of age. From their home in northwestern Louisiana, Willard and his four children - Evelyn,

In just a few short years, David Benedict has established himself as among the most creative and disciplined young mandolinists in the bluegrass community. First with Missy Raines, and now with Mile Twelve, and on his recent solo project from