Author: John Lawless

True to their name, Merle Monroe pays tribute one of the greatest songwriters ever in their latest music video. The band was formed to record music that honored their two favorite artists, Bill Monroe and Merle Haggard, and this latest

The Wildmans at FloydFest 2019 - photo © Bob Atamek Travianna Records, an imprint of Mountain Fever Records in Riner, VA, has announced the signing of their newest artists, The Wildmans, an alternative string band from nearby Floyd. These teen sensations approach

Another new interview podcast for bluegrass fans has launched this week. Walls Of Time is co-produced by Daniel Mullins and Ty Gilpin, a pair of familiar figures in the bluegrass world, whose professional careers in the business give them an access

Natalie Padilla is among the most versatile young fiddlers on the roots music scene today. Where most specialize in one style - bluegrass, old time, contest, western swing - Natalie plays all of them well, as demonstrated on her new

Modern grass flat picker Billy Strings has released a music video for the second single from his upcoming HOME album on Rounder, that is as provocative and challenging and his envelope-pushing sound. From the effects on his guitar in the

Gina Furtado - photo by Scott Mason, The Winchester Star Gina Furtado is the latest banjo player to be memorialized by Bud Bennett at Radford University in his video oral history project of prominent 5-stringers. Billed as Banjo Masters, his previous

In keeping with our video theme for a lazy Labor Day, unless you live in southeastern Florida... If you missed Big Family: The Story Of Bluegrass Music on PBS over the weekend, or maybe would like to see it again, the

Arizona teen grassers Sugar & The Mint have a new EP released last week, Take Me With You, featuring their fresh, grassicana sound on a set of five new tracks, four written within the band. A music video is also available

To celebrate the success of her recent Mountain Fever release, Benny's TV Repair, on our Bluegrass Today charts, Irene Kelley has created a lyric video for one of the tracks, Anything To Help You Say Goodbye, and offered a first

Tonight, August 30, is the PBS network premiere of Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music, a 2-hour documentary produced by Kentucky Educational Television. The film attempts to tell the story of our music in that short space of time,