Author: John Lawless

Tristan Scroggins has made quite a name for himself over the past few years, playing mandolin with his father's band, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado. He's also become a darling of young Nashville, both for his artistic creativity, and his love

When I traveled to northwestern Kentucky earlier this month at attend the premiere of Big Family - The Story Of Bluegrass Music, I took advantage of a unique opportunity while I was there. The premiere was held in Owensboro, in

Mountain Fever Records has released the first single from their next project with bluegrass powerhouse, Dave Adkins. Previous singles from Dave have spent time at #1 in both our Bluegrass and Gospel charts here at Bluegrass Today. For this debut single,

Mountain Home Music Company has released a new single from Unspoken Tradition, the opening track from their 2019 album, Myths We Tell Our Young. It's a song written by Ed Williams, which Unspoken Tradition's guitarist and lead vocalist Audie McGinnis says

Margaret MacKay and Michael Reese are celebrating the birth of their first child. June Harriet Reese was born on July 16 at 1:14 p.m. in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. June made her entrance at 6.48 pounds. Bluegrass fans remember Mike and Maggie from

We had posted late last month that bluegrass reso-guitar hero and friend to all grassers, Phil Leadbetter, had been hospitalized for a variety of complaints, including a fear that rising calcium levels might portend a return of his blood cancer. While he

During the 15 years we have been writing online, we have seen bluegrass use of music videos grow exponentially, from almost nonexistent in 2004 to a standard part of the promotional efforts for new recordings in 2019. During that time,

Mountain Fever Records has just released a new video from Breaking Grass, the title cut from their recent album, Cold. The lyrics and the video tell the story of a loving young couple, overjoyed to move into their first house, but

Turnberry Records has released a new single from Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome, which will be included on their upcoming album. It's a new song from Rick Lang and John Weisberger called Language Of The Heart, a smooth, mid-tempo number that

Nu-Blu has made a serious commitment to the youth movement in bluegrass music by bringing 14 year old banjo picker, Austin Hefflefinger, into the band. Though he may be young, Austin is already an accomplished musician, having been recognized as the Maryland