Author: John Lawless

Donald Warthan, lifelong bluegrass performer and founder of the band, Heritage, died on October 10. He was 79 years of age. Warthan lived his life in Charles City, VA, not far from Richmond where Heritage was based. The band developed a strong

The Cleverlys have made their career serving as the court jesters of bluegrass, entertaining folks with witty, grassified covers of pop hits with a humorous twist. But a big part of why the joke works is because they are all

On October 15 in Nashville, the winners were announced at the 50th annual Dove Awards, honoring the best in Gospel music as chosen by the members of the Gospel Music Association. Awards are give in more than 40 categories for

Following the recent retirement of Daryl Mosely from the group, The Farm Hands have welcomed back a long lost bandmate, Bennie Boling, to play bass. Bennie had worked with the quartet in the past on  banjo, and is happy to

Brad and Lori Lambert of New Outlook have scheduled a bluegrass weekend early next year to break the cold weather blues at their Moon City Music & Event Center in Wapakoneta, OH. Once the holiday season is past, everyone is itchin' to

The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, formed by former Gent Bill Yates in 2005, has announced the departure of long-time banjo picker Rick Briggs. Rick has decided to retire, after 8 years with the group. Current band leader, Mike Phipps, says that

Ronnie Bowman is back with a third single from his upcoming solo project with Englehardt Music Group, a rip snorter of a song from Cowboy Copas called Alabam. And he has a couple of his Nashville singing buddies along for the

We have written a number of times about the project to restore the sole existing 35mm print of the film, Bluegrass Country Soul, originally released for theatrical distribution in 1972. The film, a project undertaken by producer/director Albert Ihde, captured hours

Troy Engle has chosen a song with a mildly spooky theme, Haunting Me, as his October single release - just in time for the Halloween season. And it's not just a love song repurposed to match a Hallmark image. This one

Stewart Werner and Claire Childress at the 2019 Scott Street 5 String Finals - photo by Skip Rowland Photography This past weekend in Richmond, VA, the championship round was held in the 2019 Scott Street 5 String Finals, to find the