Author: John Lawless

Kentucky's The Wooks have released a new music video, for their new single, highlighting their new look and sound, as exemplified by their newest member. It's all new today from The Wooks!  Actually Aaron Bibelhauser has been with the band since last

It's been almost exactly a year since Tommy Long stepped away from his position as guitarist and lead vocalist for Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. The move was necessitated by a diagnosis of throat cancer last March, with treatment specified

Audience at the February 10 benefit for Ernie Thacker in Ohio. Organizer Ernie Evans shared some further details about the benefit concert he put on with his company, Evans Media Source, last Saturday, and about which we posted on Monday. They

The DC Bluegrass Union has announced the winners of their 2018 Hazel Dickens Song Contest. The competition for non full time songwriters was created by the Union to honor the contributions of Hazel Dickens in the bluegrass field. She had

At the recent SPBGMA convention in Nashville, banjo players were talking about the Czech Republic. No, they hadn't all suddenly taken an interest in eastern European politics or history. A pair of Czech builders were set up in the exhibit

What is it about coon hounds and bluegrass music? Jimmy Martin was known for his dedication to his hunting dogs, and Tom T Hall Hall memorialized one in his song, The Fastest Rabbit Dog in Carter County Today. The rural roots

Just in time for Valentine's Day - make that Valentine's Day Eve - Rebecca Frazier has released another music video from her When We Fall album. It's for my favorite song from the record, Darken Your Doorway, a sad song of

The bluegrass world has lost another of its beloved second generation pioneers today with the passing of Jake Landers. He was 79 years of age and had been ill for some time. Jake was a fixture in the bluegrass scene in

The Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame at Bean Blossom has announced that their 2018 inductees will be bluegrass songwriters Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall. An award ceremony will be held on September 22 during the 44th Annual Hall

Congratulations to Jamie and Erin Sparks on the birth of their first child. Jamie is the banjo player with The Bluegrass Brothers. Kenzie Marie Sparks was born at 11:48 p.m. on February 11 in Farmville, VA at the Centra Southside Community