Author: John Lawless

Pinecastle Records have a new single for North Carolina's Burnett Sisters, a somewhat somber ballad called The Song of the Mountains. It's a new generation's take on an ancient refrain, that folks moving from the city to what they see as

Anthony Mason with CBS television has been on a bluegrass roll of late, producing a delightful interview with Alison Krauss that ran on July 10 on CBS Mornings, and another with Molly Tuttle for CBS Saturday Morning's Saturday Session. The segment

To celebrate today's release of their new album, Southern Sunshine, our friends Williamson Branch have created a live firehouse video of one of the tracks, Firehawk, just for our readers. It's a rockin' fiddle tune written by Branch fiddler Melody Williamson

Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Kentucky's Throwdown Thursday band to the label, including several well-known bluegrass veterans. As the name suggests, the group began playing together as a weekly jam session during COVID, and once they recognized that

The Tennessee Bluegrass Band has a single to offer today, a new Tim Raybon song about the old homeplace, something everyone who has moved away from a rural family homestead can relate to right away. The group is helmed by young

Great news for bluegrass historians and collectors of early bluegrass recordings! The Bear Family label in Germany is preparing to release an important compilation CD box set encompassing all the records offered by Rich-R-Tone during the important post war period of

Grascals mandolinist Danny Roberts has a new tune to share, one he wrote called Leitchfield, his latest single for Mountain Home Music. In describing the track, Roberts addressed a common issue that confronts tunewriters - what to call a new composition

Greg Rich has had a long and intimate relationship with the banjo and bluegrass instrument-making business. A skilled craftsman, his work as a banjo builder, and especially as an engraver, woodcarver, and fingerboard painter, are at the apex of the

Earlier today, CBS Mornings aired the Alison Krauss interview they recorded this spring with show correspondent Anthony Mason. While the band was rehearsing for this summer's tour in Nashville, Mason visited them in the studio to capture conversations with Alison,

Kentucky's Hammertowne has a new single which sings the praises of their home state, entitled That's What Kentucky Means to Me, with guest vocals from a number of the commonwealth's living bluegrass heroes. Hammertowne is a festival favorite all over the