Author: John Lawless

Carolina Blue is proud to announce their very first Gospel bluegrass video, for the song Are You Living Right from their current Poor Mountain Records project, Sounds Of Kentucky Grass. You might wonder why a North Carolina Band would title their

The Museum of Appalachia, which has hosted the Tennessee Fall Homecoming Festival for the past 38 years in Clinton, TN, has announced that they will no longer be able to operate the festival. Their board says that the financial exposure

Surely one of the most interesting new groups to emerge this year is Northern Ireland's The Roots Revival, who blend many of the traditions of bluegrass with their own rich and varied folk music culture. The band combines the members of

Here's a nice Merry Christmas gift from the Reno and Harrell Band, made up of the sons of the original Don Reno and Bill Harrell. Mitch Harrell, Don Wayne Reno, and Dale Reno are giving away a free download of their

FY5 from Colorado has released a new video, a live performance of a song from their upcoming album called Charlie Schumacher. The quintet, formerly known as Finders & Youngberg, performs and records original music written within the band, primarily from guitarist

The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced Larry Stephenson as the 2018 inductee into their Hall of Greats. The organization has chosen one artist or bluegrass personality each year for this career honor since 1984, when

Monroe Crossing also has a new Christmas project released this holiday season. It's called Winter Wonderland, and as a band from Minnesota, that's something they know a little about! This marks their 16th album in 17 years, featuring a dozen Christmas

What's better than a luxury vacation in Las Vegas? A luxury vacation with bluegrass! And that's exactly what the folks with the Bender Jamboree have promised for April 2018 with four days of top bluegrass and Americana acts at the Plaza

No... your eyes are not deceiving you. That is Summer Brooke McMahan interviewing Willie Freeman, Director of Basketball Operations at Western Carolina University, on ESPN! On top of being the lead singer and fiddler with Summer Brooke & the Mountain Faith

The proposed merger between the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Foundation for Bluegrass Music, announced during the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh this summer, has now been finalized. The IBMA will continue operating under the same name, while