Author: John Lawless

A welcome new trend in bluegrass this past decade or so is the songwriter project, where songsmiths record a full album of their new material and offer it to the market. It only makes sense, as expectations of song demos have

The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced today a number of revisions to the awards they distribute each year. Changes have been made in each of the three award types they offer, some as simple as a name change,

Mountain Fever has dropped a new single from Hammertowne. It's real Kentucky bluegrass, written and recorded in the bluegrass state. A new song by guitarist and vocalist David Carroll, who has written a great many songs for Hammertowne and other artists

When the final concert of the 2018 Bluegrass Jamboree tour took place in Berlin back on December 4, the promoters had a multi-camera video crew on hand to capture the action. And the final edit has been released for everyone to

Damn Tall Buildings. That doesn't sound like a bluegrass band name. It's ever-so-mildly risqué, a potential no-no in our more guarded, traditional community. This NY-based quartet doesn't necessarily look much like a bluegrass band either, whatever that means these days. But

Nick Chandler & Delivered has two new faces in the band this season, helping Nick bring his western North Carolina bluegrass to the stage in 2019. Chandler has led the group since 2005, delivering his solid mandolin playing plus his talent

Pinecastle Records has produced a music video for Dale Ann Bradley. It's the 'more-or-less' title track from her just-released album, The Hard Way. The full name of the song is Hard Way Every Time, which may be familiar if you were

Cane Mill Road has announced the addition of Hudson Bosworth to the band on bass. He steps in for Eliot Smith, who has left to attend luthiery school in Boston. Bosworth is currently a student in the bluegrass music program at East

Mountain Fever Records has released a new single today from Volume Five, the first from their eighth album expected soon on the southwest Virginia label. For a decade now Volume Five has been known for seeking out and recording material of

Aubrey and Justin Eisenman, of Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes, are celebrating the birth of a baby boy. The Eisenmans had been thrilled to see their current single, Livewire, on our Grassicana chart this past few weeks, but this is even bigger! Oden