Author: John Lawless

ClayBank, a powerhouse bluegrass band from North Carolina, hit the scene with a whomping stick in 2016. The young quartet won a number of prominent band contests, and within a few month had signed with a record label and a management

Mountain Fever Records will release a second single from their upcoming album for Amanda Cook on Tuesday, January 8. It's something of a departure for the Florida-based bluegrass singer, whose previous song was a hard-driving, in-your-face number, You Were Mine. This

Randy Barrett, longtime President of the DC Bluegrass Union, has stepped down after serving for 12 years. But his work in that position was far more than chairing meetings and answering email. He came on the Board during a time of

Sweden's The Original Five, a bluegrass band from Malmö, has released a new single for the title track from their upcoming album Wipe Away Those Years is expected to drop February 1 in all formats on Rootsy Records, and the single

If you had been wondering what singer/songwriter Keith Garrett would do following the breakup of Highland Travelers, wonder no more. He has rededicated himself to Blue Moon Rising, the group with whom he first drew notice in bluegrass. And to celebrate,

Jolies Letters is an acoustic duo from the city of Rennes in France's Brittany district, a region whose native folk music has much in common with the Celtic strains that informed the creation of bluegrass. Many old time musicians, especially in

If you are a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and want to get course credit for playing bluegrass, it's time to get it touch with the music department and sign up for the Bluegrass Ensemble

Great news for lovers, players, and builders of fine, handmade acoustic guitars! GuitarBench Magazine is back after a hiatus of nearly three years. Initially an online quarterly publication, the magazine launched a bit ahead of the current revolution in web publishing,

The Monroe Mandolin Camp, hosted the past five years by Mike Compton and Heidi Herzog, will also hold a series of Mini-Mon-Camp retreats in 2019 at various locations around the US. When they started, the focus was on presenting the music

After 16 years on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, the Sooke River Bluegrass festival is moving to a new location on Lake Cowichan, about 60 miles north on the island. With the move, the festival is being rebranded as the Cowichan