Author: John Lawless

We've told you before about the documentary film, Fiddlin', made by sisters Julie Simone and Vicki Vlasic, about the Old Fiddlers Convention in the town where they were raised, Galax, VA. The convention has been held there every year since

It's doubtful that anyone in bluegrass has made as big a leap in the past year as Carolina Blue, from western North Carolina. They play a lively and exciting style of traditional music, with a decided Bill Monroe flavor. Their

The title of their latest album, Originalist, is a perfect descriptor for Audie Blaylock and Redline, and how they go about creating their style of traditional bluegrass. The word is used to define a theory of constitutional interpretation in the United

When the nominees for the 50th Dove Awards were announced yesterday, there were a number of bluegrass artists and writers whose names were called. The Gospel Music Association honors all kinds of Christian and inspirational music in these awards, with bluegrass

West Tennessee's No Time Flatt has released a music video for the first single from their upcoming independent album, the second such in the band's four year tenure. In that short time they have twice been named Bluegrass Band of the

Bluegrass lovers in central Europe are mourning this week after the sudden and tragic passing of Simon Rick on August 8 in an automobile accident in Osnabrück, Germany. He was 39 years of age. Simon was a noted guitarist and singer

Folks in and around Indianapolis will have a chance to review some important bluegrass history for a week or so as Gary Reid brings his impressive one man show, A Life of Sorrow, the Life and Times of Carter Stanley, to IndyFringe

The fiddle chop is not a new technique in the bluegrass world. Since Bill Monroe made the mandolin chop such a primary part of the bluegrass ensemble, fiddlers had begun mimicking that percussive, rhythmic sound with the fiddle when the

Track 145 is a young bluegrass group based in the Sequatchie Valley of middle Tennessee, centered around the singing and songwriting of Audrey Smith. Audrey is the author of their first single, Will I Ever Know, released independently earlier this month.

In his regular role with Infamous Stringdusters, Jeremy Garrett wields the fiddle on stage, but for his new single release from Organic Records, he's armed with a guitar. Garrett has just recently signed with the Asheville, NC-based label, which is an