Author: John Lawless

Florida bluegrass in the 1980s had its own distinct flavor. Back before the internet gave everyone a chance to hear and see music from all over the country at the click of a mouse, styles percolated in their separate regions

Mountain Home Music has released another single this week by Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, taken from their current album, The Choosing Road. This time it's one that Jones wrote and delivers with his signature deep baritone voice. I Can’t

Congratulations to Mason and Alison Wright on the birth of their second child. Felix Franklin Wright was born on July 30 at 7:35 p.m. in Winchester, VA. He made his arrival at 7 lbs, 10 oz, stretching out to 20''. Mason plays

Dave Maggard, owner and operator of the Sound Biscuit Studios in Sevierville, TN, has announced the launch of his latest venture, Sound Biscuit Records. Maggard, who has a long history supporting bluegrass and acoustic artists with both studio engineering and live

Charlie Poole has been getting a good bit of attention these days in bluegrass, 88 years after he died in 1931. The banjo picker and singer from North Carolina was a very popular string band entertainer in the 1920s, but

Nick Chandler & Delivered have announced that Gary Trivette is the newest member of the group, playing bass. They play a driving style of traditional, North Carolina bluegrass, and record for Poor Mountain Records. Grassers will recognize Gary for his several

We are at an interesting time in the world of contemporary bluegrass music, especially at the intersection of the more traditional side of the aisle and those who are eager to take the style in new directions. Proponents of the

The IBMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced that the recipient of their 2019 Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholarship Award will be Jordan Laney, Presidential Pathway Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech

Over the past 25 years, I doubt if I have more regularly anticipated something as much as a new Blue Highway CD. Ever since their first release in 1995, It's A Long Long Road, this group has introduced new classics

Nick Dumas and Hana Rass were married on July 27 at The Fiddler's Farm in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Nick is mandolinist with Special Consensus, and Hana is a two-time Wisconsin state fiddle champion. And yes, they met bluegrass cute. On Nick's