Author: John Lawless

The Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground in Bean Blossom, IN, now under new ownership and management, has announced an invitational band competition for this summer. Only 30 bands will be accepted for this contest, which will be known as

Oklahoma bluegrass singer and songwriter, Eddie Sanders, has released a third single from his upcoming project with Rural Rhythm Records and Engelhardt Music Group. Eddie has been around the music since he was a young'n, but stepped away for a while before

Eric Troutman, bass player with The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, and his wife, Kristal, have welcomed their first daughter into the world. Willow Evieanna Troutman was born on February 18 at 11:29 a.m. in Harrisburg, PA. She came in weighing 9lb 2oz, and

Alan Perdue, popular North Carolina bluegrass musician, died yesterday afternoon at the hospital in Chapel Hill. He was 49 years of age, and had been suffering from liver disease. Just last month, fans and friends gathered in Trinity, NC for a concert

The Rambler is the fourth, and latest single released by Balsam Range from their current Aeonic project. The song addresses perhaps the only glaring weakness in the band's strong repertoire - the paucity of lead vocals from mandolinist Darren Nicholson. To

Ohio bluegrass artists are coming together to promote TonyPalooza, a benefit concert for Tony Kakaris, bass player with Nightflyer. Tony is undergoing treatment now for multiple myeloma, a stage 4 cancer whose diagnosis had been delayed by a belief that

For their next recording project, Chatham County Line, from North Carolina's Triangle region, has decided to reach back and honor some of their biggest influences in the music world. Normally known for the original material, this upcoming album, Sharing The

With love for bluegrass music growing all over the world, we constantly find groups with new ways of expressing it, especially among young musicians. One such is Portiia, an instrumental quintet from Vancouver, BC. Like many aspiring pickers their age, they have

Personnel changes are one of the few constants in the running of a band, especially where so many musicians perform as a second career. Family and work pressures often make it more difficult to stick with music, but artists and

Po' Ramblin' Boys lean into one at the 2019 MidWinter Bluegrass Festival - photo by Kevin Slick Another big early festival this past weekend was in Colorado, the 34th annual MidWinter Bluegrass Festival in Denver, hosted from its inception by Ken Seaman