Author: John Lawless

On Saturday, September 8, Justin Harrison, who plays mandolin and fiddle with Nu-Blu, was wed to Morgan Alexis Loreále Rice. The ceremony was held at the Yankee Hall Plantation in Greenville, NC and was attended by family and friends of the

The Earls of Leicester continue to taunt us with videos from their upcoming double live album, weeks before it is available for purchase. Live at the CMA Theater will drop during IBMA week, recorded on two nights earlier this year in

Fiddler's Roll Call at the 1971 Camps Springs Blue Grass festival - photo by Tom Isenhour The property has been obtained, cleanup has begun, and the new owners of Carlton Haney's old Blue Grass Park in Camp Springs, NC are planning

Rural Rhythm Records has released a first single for their upcoming project for Tim Crouch and Dennis Crouch, produced in collaboration with Engelhardt Music Group in Nashville. The Arkansas brothers are veteran grassers of many years, Tim on the fiddle and Dennis

A medical fund has been established for the benefit of James Schlender, who bluegrass fans know as the fiddler with Songs From The Road Band. James had to undergo valve replacement surgery today to repair a leak in his heart, resulting from

To announce the release of their debut, self-titled album later this year, Colorado's Meadow Mountain drops a first single this week which we are delighted to premiere. If you've not heard the name before, it's only because they are a relatively

The Family Sowell is a touring band of six bluegrass siblings in east Tennessee. Like many such groups, as the kids have started maturing into adulthood, their music has taken on a more serious tone, and they changed their name

The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC has announced that Mary Beth Martin will be their new Executive Director, effective September 17. The Center, which not only houses a museum dedicated to the life and career of Cleveland County's most celebrated native,

Today is a big day for northwest Florida singing sensation Amanda Cook. The first single from her upcoming sophomore effort with Mountain Fever Records has been released to radio, and she has just signed to work with Wilson Pickins Promotions for

Jr Williams, in the hospital on Wednesday, and getting the oil changed on Thursday Jr Williams, the gregarious banjo player with NewTown spent the past two days in the hospital getting a pacemaker installed. He tells us that his heart rate had