Author: John Lawless

When Smithsonian Magazine published a list of 250 Places to Celebrate America during this semiquincentennial year, they included the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum as one of their choices. The Hall, in Owensboro, KY, tells the story of

The Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance's scheduled one-day festival at Bally's in Lincoln, RI on March 21 has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. But fortunately, the Twin Rivers casino and resort has agreed to host the Bluegrass Bash headliners,

The Kody Norris Show is embracing the Semiquincentennial of the United States of America in a big way with their latest single, The Spirit of America. Written by the great Aubrey Holt and first recorded by his son, Tony Holt, with

We heard recently from Justin Mason, a prominent Florida bluegrass artist and personality, who has relocated to the nation's capitol, and is taking up the bluegrass baton in his new region. He wanted to introduce us to a new group

Billy Blue Records has a new single for Australian-born bluegrass songbird Kristy Cox, set to release tomorrow (2/20). Hurricane is a song about adjusting to the unexpected, which Cox says reflects her own reality of late. "I'm so excited to be releasing

Mandolinist and singer Nick Dumas has been named as the newest member of Illinois' long-standing traditional bluegrass band, Bluegrass Express. This move was precipitated by the departure of the Hunt brothers from Oklahoma, Andrew on fiddle and Jonathan on banjo. They

A new single is available this month from Red Camel Collective, one written and sung by guitarist Heather Berry Mabe, just released by Pinecastle Records. The band is in high spirits at the moment, as their debut performance on the Grand

Bo McCarty is another bluegrass super-fan who has dedicated much of his life to promoting the music. A native Kentuckian, his long-running radio show, The Blue Road, is heard on several stations in the Commonwealth, and he is a regular

Here's a lovely gospel number from Eighteen Mile, their take on Irish Christian artists Kristyn and Keith Getty's Living Waters, recently released with Mountain Home Music. Guitarist Carson Aaron speaks of the song, and their new recording of it, saying... "In the Bible, there

It may be the one thing touring artists fear the worst - becoming ill while on the road. Of course there are health facilities most anywhere you might travel, but no one wants to be hospitalized away from home, and