Author: John Lawless

After 12 years on the road with Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, fiddler Justen Haynes is hanging up his bow to focus his efforts on a new business venture he and his wife have started in Virginia. They have

Canaan's Crossing, a bluegrass/Gospel group based in Alabama, has welcomed Hannah Black to the band on fiddle. The 19 year old college freshman won a state championship in high school as a member of the Arab High School Future Farmers of America string

Cory and Jett Piatt at The Old School Farm to Table in Nashville - photo by Carson Photography On January 6 in Nashville, Cory Piatt and Jeanette (Jett) Willis were married at the Old School Farm to Table restaurant. Cory is the

Hank Janney sings with Rhonda Vincent at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival Hank Janney, longtime radio host in Gettysburg, PA, died on December 29, 2017. He was 78 years of age. Anyone who played or listened to bluegrass in south central Pennsylvania was

Back in 1997, Tom T. Hall released a song called Bill Monroe For Breakfast. Like so many of his compositions, it was a wistful look back at his own childhood, where he recalled listening to the music of Bill Monroe

Greg Blake, guitarist and lead vocalist for Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, is using his time off while the band is idle this month to tour in Ireland. He is taking many of the pickers who helped him record his 2015 album,

Tony Wray has been announced as the utility acoustic sideman for the Tyminski band, fronted by bluegrass and AKUS hero Dan Tyminski. Tyminski has recently released an album of gritty alt country with a mountain flavor called Southern Gothic. Wray will be

Young banjo picker Sam Crabtree has announced that he is leaving The Darrell Webb Band, but not for the reasons you may expect. Usually when we hear from a side man moving on, it's because of a chance at a better

Colorado's FY5 has released a music video, a lovely animated feature for White Colored Pencil, the opening track of their brand new album, The Way These Things Go. It's a deeply personal song from guitarist Mike Finders, which describes writing a

Once again Rainer Zellner has led a troupe of American string musicians through Germany in December as part of his annual Bluegrass Jamboree series. The idea for this tour occurred to him several years ago, to bring talented artists from the