Author: John Lawless

The good folks at Common Ground on the Hill in Maryland have announced a new competition that should be of interest to our readers. Submissions for their initial Acoustic Roots Songwriting Contest will be accepted through May 15, with an online

Josh Richards, guitarist/vocalist with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and his wife, Amy, are celebrating the birth of a baby girl. Loretta Jo Richards was born last night, March 6, 2019, at 11:04 p.m. in Jeffersonville, IN. She came into this world at

The Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention in North Carolina has announced that they will present the inaugural Alan Perdue Memorial Bluegrass Appreciation Award at the festival next weekend. This award was created to honor the memory of Alan Perdue, bluegrass mandolinist, who passed away on

Free Dirt Records has shared a second track from their upcoming project for Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, due later this month. The self-titled album is a mix of fiddle/banjo duets and old time and traditional songs that have struck

Organic Records in North Carolina has announced the signing of old time and bluegrass duo Zoe & Cloyd to the label for their third album. Zoe & Cloyd are Natalya Zoe Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller, husband and wife, from Massachusetts and North

A great many bluegrass hearts were broken this past weekend when Charli Robertson, fiddler and vocalist with Flatt Lonesome, was wed to Jay Shuler. The couple was married at the Parkway Baptist Church in Trinity, AL, with Charli's dad, Dolton Robertson II, and

Audie Blaylock & Redline have released a pair of new singles from their next album, Originalist. Blaylock has been performing in bluegrass since he was in his teens, signing on as mandolinist for Jimmy Martin at 19, and touring with The

Nothing wrenches the heart quite like seeing a vibrant young person battling a debilitating disease, especially when it's part of our bluegrass family. We learned today about Evangeline Grace, the 18 year old banjo player with Resonating Grace, a family bluegrass

Lori Lambert, and her husband, Brad, have been involved in bluegrass in northwestern Ohio for most of the lives. Together they manage and perform with the band, New Outlook, which has been under their ownership since 2009. They also jointly own

Brother-and-sister duo, Theo & Brenna MacMillan, have a second single and music video from their upcoming debut project, When You Go. The Kentucky-born siblings, now living in Nashville, have been performing together since they were in college, but their bluegrass education goes