Author: John Lawless

Tennessee drivers have a new option for their automobile license plates during the 100th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry in 2025. This is an official plate, issued by the Tennessee Department of Revenue, which can be renewed just like all

Wyatt Ellis along the Hiwassee Line of the Tennessee Valley Railroad - photo © Joseph Cash Young bluegrass mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis has released a music video for his current single, a reprise of I Hear A Choo Choo Coming, which

The University of North Carolina Press has set a September 16 release date for a new book by noted banjo performer Rhiannon Giddens and music writer Kristina R. Gaddy, Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for

Congratulations to Alison Brown on being elected President of the Nashville Chapter of The Recording Academy, the organization behind the Grammy Awards. There are a total of 12 regional chapters, and Nashville is a very important one, so this is

The latest record from The Steeldrivers is out, Outrun, their first for the resurrected Sun Records, and with it a new music video for one of the songs. The video is for On My Way, written by 'band'Drivers guitarist and vocalist

On Saturday May 31, Hazel Dickens was inducted into the West Virginia Hall of Fame at Pipestem Park in Pipestem, WV. The Hall of Fame is a project of The Pipestem Foundation, a charitable organization which maintains the Pipestem Resort

Becky Buller's next album with Dark Shadow Recording will be an all-covers project, with each track one that has had an impact on her music and career. Before she even had a band, Becky was known for her songwriting skills, and

Prince Sisters with The Del McCoury Band at DelFest 2025 - photo © Jay Strausser Here we have some more photos from DelFest 2025, a major festival in Maryland each spring which began as a bluegrass event, and has evolved to

Balsam Range has always been able to offer a wide range of sounds within one act, with a number of lead singers and songwriters in the band. For that reason, it has been tough to easily categorize them into a

Lilly Anne Svrlinga with Randall Franks at the Boxcar Pinion Festival South Carolina teen grasser Lilly Anne Svrlinga has been named as the designee for the 2025 Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship. Upon entering college, she will receive a $1,000 award