Author: John Lawless

The Old Settler’s Music Festival has been held in Texas this past 30 years, close to the state capitol in Austin. They have moved around a bit since the founding in Round Rock, held initially at the Old Settler's Park

This past weekend, The NFL's Atlanta Falcons once again invited Summer Brooke & The Mountain Faith Band to perform the national anthem before their game on Sunday afternoon with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The band brought Seth Taylor along to play

Finland's Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers are on the hunt for a new bass player, something they haven't thought about for some time. Kari Hella has been with them the past 20 years on bass, but is having to step

Folks in Letcher County, KY are mighty proud of Kenny Baker, and all the music he made over his life. Kenny spent more than two dozen years playing fiddle with Bill Monroe, and several more performing with Josh Graves after

Seldom Scene signs their new contract with Rounder - photo by Sally Love Though details are scant, Rounder Records has announced that bluegrass supergroup Seldom Scene has signed with the label for their next album. A new project is set to be

The 60th Annual Grammy Awards nominees were announced this morning, with good news for a number of bluegrass entertainers. Both The Jerry Douglas Band and Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge were nominated in the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album (What If and

The Barefoot Movement has a lot going on over the holidays this year. There are a pair of videos with songs from their new full-length Christmas CD, and a tour starting this week, and running through the 21st, where they will

Lachlan Davidson and his wife, Jade, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Holly Evelyn Davidson joined the family on November 17 at 9:22 p.m. (AEST). She came in at 9.18 lb, stretching to nearly 20.5''. Lachlan is one half of

The young bluegrass scene in England and Ireland has been rightly praised of late, with strong new acts emerging monthly it seems. Equally strong is the action in old time music, as evidenced by this video from Hot Rock Pilgrims. It's

Pinecastle Records has released a lyric video for the new single from Wildfire. It's for the song, Three, included on their 2016 album, Rented Room On Broadway. Guitarist/vocalist Robert Hale says that he wrote this one inspired by the birth of