Nashville writers Eric Brace, Peter Cooper, and Thomm Jutz have released a first single from their upcoming album together, called Riverland. Tom T. and Brother Will is told as a conversation between the great Tom T. Hall, and his longtime friend, Baptist
Author: John Lawless
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Americana Music by Lee Zimmerman
Are you one of those millions of music lovers who frequently hear the phrase Americana, and aren't entirely sure what the genre description entails? Perhaps you've been confused by seeing an artist you enjoy labeled as Americana, and then finding
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Grass Talk Radio podcast publishes 100th episode
Grass Talk Radio with Bradley Laird recently published their 100th episode, quite a milestone in today's volatile podcasting environment. That comes to almost two years of work from Laird and his weekly, online show. What started as an advice program for
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Lisa Fuglie recovering from a rocky cruise
Lisa Fuglie, fiddler with Minnesota's Monroe Crossing, had to go on the disabled list recently during the band's Caribbean cruise. She went ashore in Nassau, and took a fall which left her with both a broken left arm and right ankle. She took a
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Edd Easter passes
Edward Easter, one third of the iconic Easter Brothers, died earlier this morning. He was 84 years of age. The Easter Brothers were surely among the first families of bluegrass Gospel, performing together for more than 60 years. Along with brothers
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Lateral Blue with acoustic version of Superstition
Lateral Blue is a Nashville string quartet with a unique approach to bluegrass. Like so many young bands, they are music school kids who learned their craft in the university environment. So they play at a high level of technical precision,
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Kristy Cox wins bluegrass award in Australia
Kristy Cox picked up a Golden Guitar award for the 2019 Bluegrass Album of the Year at the Toyota Country Music Association of Australia Awards in Tamworth on January 26. Ricochet, her winning project, was released on Mountain Fever Records in
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Kentucky Governor tours KSBTM campus
The Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music in Hyden, KY got a nice plug this month from Governor Matt Bevin when he included the program in his We Are KY video series. Governor Bevin visited the school, located near the
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Turnberry Management announces new clients for 2019
Keith Barnacastle, principal with Turnberry Records & Management, has announced a number of new bluegrass clients he will be representing in 2019. Coming on board are Rebekah Long, No Time Flatt, The Kody Norris Show, and The Bluegrass Outlaws. Each act
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Blue Summit takes top prize at Northern CA Bluegrass Awards
Blue Summit accepts their Best Bluegrass Band award at the 2019 Northern California Bluegrass Awards The winners of the Northern California Bluegrass Awards were announced over this last weekend by the Northern California Bluegrass Society during their annual Bluegrass on Broadway










