Author: John Lawless

New this year at North Carolina's Earl Scruggs Music Festival in late August is a talent competition they are calling Battle of the Banjos. The title is a nod to their namesake, but in fact, no banjos need be present

Fast-rising bluegrass singer and songwriter Caroline Owens has signed with Main Attraction Management for exclusive representation. The company is run by experienced bluegrass booker Laura Mainer, who currently serves top artists like Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, Danny Paisley &

From The Dirt is a bluegrass/Americana group from Frederick, MD with a new album, Colored Edge of Memory, coming later this month. A second single is set to drop tomorrow, which we are pleased to premiere this morning. The band consists

Bluegrass music is coming to KNON Now, the streaming affiliate of the legendary KNON FM station based in Dallas, TX, featuring our own Braeden Paul, a longtime correspondent and reviewer here at Bluegrass Today. Beginning on July 4, he will host Braeden's Bluegrass

East Nash Grass' new single from Mountain Fever Records is a doozy, another of their gritty and greasy original songs that blur the lines between old time and bluegrass music. Bend in the Road, written by mandolinist Harry Clark and banjo

Mighty Cord Records has released their first single for Nashville songstress Val Storey, their most recent signee. It's her new bluegrass cut of I've Just Seen A Face, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, but mostly Paul McCartney, and recorded

Billy Gee and his wife, Brenda, at World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC Billy Gee, longtime bassist with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, has announced his intention to step away from full time touring in order to spend more time at home

The ongoing 2025 tour of Alison Krauss & Union Station has caused another minor disruption in the bluegrass force, with Jody King announced as the fill-in banjoist with Southern Legacy for the duration. Southern Legacy is a bluegrass supergroup which includes

Hot Rize, circa 1986 - photo © Rick Gardner Photo Hot Rize is back, in a manner of speaking. Two old recordings from this wildly popular group from the 1970s and '80s, one from the vintage group with Charles Sawtelle on

We had an opportunity recently for a lengthy chat with veteran bluegrass vocalist and bandleader Robert Hale, and feel certain that readers will be entertained by his reflections and remembrances over more than 50 years in the music. Currently, bluegrass lovers