Author: John Lawless

Yes, that's noted bluegrass vocalist Tim Shelton on stage with a brass band. It's the stage persona he's adopting this month during his A Very Vintage Christmas tour. Most of us know Shelton from his time leading NewFound Road, who played

The Warren G Hardings from Seattle have a new music video released today. This young five-piece band, named for our 29th President, have their own take on bluegrass music, writing original songs and performing them as the songs dictate. For the video,

Folks close to Knoxville, TN have a special treat coming this weekend, as Phil Leadbetter brings one of his all-star bluegrass shows to town. Billed as the Smoky Mountain Jamboree, and sponsored by WDVX listener-supported radio, the show will feature round-robin performances by

The Earls Of Leicester have released another video from their most recent album, Live at the CMA Theater, to promote their upcoming string of tour dates early in 2019. The two-disc set features 26 tracks of the Earls live on

February 2019 will see the first ever Kiwigrass festival at Narrows Park along the Waikato River in Hamilton, New Zealand. It has been organized by a group of bluegrass lovers in the island nation just southeast of Australia, with the goal of

Red Wine perform at their 2018 Bluegrass Party - photo © Stefano Goldberg Our Italian friends with Red Wine hosted their annual Bluegrass Party in their home town in the northern seaside city of Genova. Mandolinist Martino Coppo sent along this report

Those rowdy old timers with Hogslop String Band have a new live video to share, recorded during a set on Nashville's Acme Radio Live in November. It finds them running through their song, Steady Hand. Hogslop is Kevin Martin on fiddle, Gabriel Kelley

Pinecastle Records has created static image videos for several of the tracks on their 2018 holiday release, A Very Acoustic Christmas. The album includes contributions from a number of the label's artists, like Dale Ann Bradley, Tina Adair, Flashback, Merle Monroe,

Sideline is celebrating their 5th anniversary this weekend with a hometown show in Raleigh, NC. Not bad for a group that formed with a mission to only play a few shows in the fall of each year as their various

As we move into the official holiday season, we also enter the end of the bluegrass touring season. Though many acts will continue to perform through the month of December right up to New Years, many others begin to slow