Author: John Lawless

Fans of The Lindsey Family, a bluegrass Gospel group from central Kentucky, are mourning with the family today.  Michael John Daniel Lindsey, who played mandolin with the family group, has died. He was 11 years of age, and had been fighting

Jim Hurst (judge), Henry Coatney, Caleb Coatney, Austin Hefflefinger, Claire Childress, Steve Lewis (accompanist), Taylor Parks, Victor Furtado (judge), Jacob Moretz - photo by Dave Parrish Photography This past weekend during the Richmond Folk Festival, the winners in the Scott Street Five String

Since 1987, American television audiences have become accustomed to a Disney advertising ploy following the Super Bowl, where the MVP of the just-concluded game is asked what he's going to do next. The campaign, designed in cooperation with ABC Sports,

The Jaywalkers, an alt-bluegrass trio from the north west of England, have a new album coming in November. A talented young band, they perform the original music written by mandolinist Mike Giverin, supported by Jay Bradberry on fiddle and lead vocals, and

Anyone who lives in a small town or city is familiar with how they can receive a nickname. It can be a promotional effort by a local tourism commission, or they can come by association with some accident or natural

The wild and wooly Hogslop String Band has released a live video shot while they were recording their most recent album, Volume Two: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions, at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville. It's a raucous version of the old time

Dan Eubanks, bass player with Special Consensus, has released a first single from his upcoming solo album, Look What the City’s Done. Like a good many bluegrass bassists, Dan came over to the upright after first learning to play other instruments. In

In a striking contrast with recent partisan wrangling in Washington, both political parties in both houses of Congress have come together to pass the Music Modernization Act, a thoroughgoing reform of the way that artists and songwriters are paid for

Workers make repairs to the stage ahead of the Suwannee Roots Revival in Florida. While portions of Florida's panhandle were decimated by Hurricane Michael this week, the organizers of the 2018 Suwannee Roots Revival want to let everyone know that they

Compass Records has released a second single/video from Missy Raines' new album, Royal Traveller. This is her first largely bluegrass project in some time, and it was warmly received by audiences in Raleigh last month during the World of Bluegrass