Author: John Lawless

Would you rather hear an average rendition of a great song, or a stellar version of an average song? That's a though experiment I have rolled around in my brain for some time, mostly for fun. Ultimately, however, neither can

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have announced Nathan Aldridge as their new fiddler, beginning in March. He will take the spot recently vacated by Justen Haynes who left the group after a dozen years to focus on a dog

Kristi Stanley & Running Blind have announced their signing with Still Blue Entertainment for both publicity services and booking representation. Kristi, married to Ralph Stanley II, has been singing country and bluegrass music since she was in her teens. She sang

Sideline is wishing their young fiddler, Nathan Aldridge well, as he departs the band to join another touring group. While they send him off with high hopes for his future in bluegrass music, it also puts them in something of

A number of bluegrass artists appeared on Saturday for an Ernie Thacker benefit concert in Ohio. Everyone donated their time so that all the monies raised could be donated to Ernie for his ongoing medical bills. Since being involved ion

British alt-grassers The Often Herd have dropped a new  video this week. Playing off the name of the fabled Seldom Scene, these four lads play a driving style of  bluegrass, though eschewing the banjo. Rupert Hughes is on guitar, Evan Davies

Another new festival is on the docket for 2018, playing to the growing audience for what we re gently dubbed as grassicana - music which shares roots with bluegrass, but which is also informed by other genres. You'll hear banjos,

Blue Grass Boy - The Story of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass Music, is set for release next month. It is a charming picture book for young readers, that tells of the life of Big Mon in words easily understood

Mountain Home has released a single from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, a lovely new song from Katrina Ruth Elam, Christi Dannemiller, and Robin Bruce. No End In Sight fits perfectly within their unique niche, somewhere between modern bluegrass and positive acoustic country. It

Pinecastle Records has posted a live video performance by one of their new signees, the King James Boys, taken from their recent appearance on the Great American Bluegrass show on the Great American Gospel TV network. The Boys will be recording