Author: John Lawless

Jesse McReynolds, mandolin legend and one half of the iconic bluegrass duo, Jim & Jesse, is home from the hospital after three weeks at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, TN. He had been rushed to the emergency room on September

After 26 years operating his own agency, Class Act Entertainment, Mike Drudge has announced that he is moving his booking and management services to Rainmaker Music Management. There he will assist in managing the careers of existing clients in the

The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, formed by long time Gent Bill Yates while he was still living, has announced the imminent departure of reso-man Mark Clifton. Mark will be retiring at the end of 2017 and leaving the road and

Masontown was a small, mining community in the Colorado hills, destroyed  by an avalanche nearly 100 years ago. Now completely deserted, it's the name chosen by a young quartet of string musicians from Denver whose debut full-length album, In This

Ricky Ponder on guitar with Barbwire Bluegrass Ricky Ponder of Georgia's Barbwire Bluegrass has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma and is undergoing treatment near his home in Manchester. The band had been an invited showcase artist at the 2014 World Of Bluegrass

Back in the summer of 2012, we reported on a then new documentary film on bluegrass called The Porchlight Sessions, produced and directed by Anna Schwaber. Like many such projects, it was created more for people new to the music

Theater under construction at the new International Bluegrass Museum (10/6/17) - photo by Katie Keller Lots of bluegrass fans are looking forward to visiting the new International Bluegrass Music Museum, now under construction in Owensboro, KY. It will offer the museum

Southern Belle Booking is now working with Richmond, VA's Commonwealth Bluegrass Band. There they join a number of other top bluegrass entertainers like Bobby Osborne, Hammertowne, Nu-Blu, The Churchmen, and several others. The band is headed by mandolinist Randy Cook and

The most recent upgrade to the Tunefox app not only offers significant improvements to the operation of the tablature offerings, but it is now also available for mandolin and guitar as well as banjo. Tunefox is available as a free download

The folks at the Earl Scruggs Center have a big day planned for banjo pickers - and banjo lovers - on Saturday, October 14. They have a banjo-themed run in the morning, and a concert with Béla Fleck & Abigail