Author: John Lawless

Longtime bluegrass and country music songwriter Tom T Hall has been announced as a 2019 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Tom T, or simply "T" as he is known to his friends in the business, enjoyed a long and

Here's a different sort of festival, scheduled in western North Carolina in May. The inaugural Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational is focused not on music, but on the instruments used to produce it. Organizers have invited builders of fine guitars, fiddles, mandolins,

It's been interesting to watch all the different directions into which bluegrass music has expanded. We now have a sub-genre that incorporates traditional country, one that embraces the high energy and stage zaniness of rock, plus the new acoustic style

After three years running his successful mandolin camp near Myrtle Beach, SC, Alan Bibey has announced that he is expanding the offerings this summer for the 4th annual event by adding guitar instruction. Now rebranded as the Alan Bibey Mandolin and

Rebel Records has released a debut single from their upcoming project from Big Country Bluegrass. Country Boy, Banjo and Flat Top Guitar will be included on the band's Mountains, Mamas, and Memories album, due to drop in late February. It is

Longtime bluegrass and country music icon, Ronnie Reno, has announced that he will retire from the business after this year is over. Over a six decade career that started when he was 7 years old, Ronnie stood alongside some of the

Circus No. 9, a remarkable young group of progressive grassers from Nashville, has announced that Ben Garnett will be their full-time guitarist going forward. Though they have consistently worked as a quartet, the band had only three regular members through most

2019 Pioneers of Missouri Bluegrass: Frank Ray, Alma Curtner (for Herman Beck),  Andy Bressler, Alvin Bressler, Ken Seaman, Cecil Tinnon (for Paul Tinnon) On Friday, January 4, six first generation Missouri musicians were awarded plaques proclaiming them as Pioneers of Missouri Bluegrass Music.

If you've visited the main page of the mega-search site Google this week, you'll have seen this lovely tribute to the great Earl Scruggs at the top of the page. It was created as part of their This Day In History

For the past few years, David Peterson has worked as one of Nashville's most notorious street musicians. Any time the weather cooperated, you could find him in the tourist centers of town, just he and his guitar, singing the old