Author: John Lawless

Carolina Blue has released a debut music video from their Poor Mountain Records project, Sounds Of Kentucky Grass. Faded Rose has a distinctly throwback vibe, to both the recorded track and the video, recapturing the look and sound of bluegrass in

Bluegrass fans in southwestern Virginia know all about The Crooked Road, the state's public/private partnership to promote tourism using roots and traditional music. Their successful programs have had a direct impact on both local residents who have begun exploring the

Bluegrass is for old people, right? You have to have a five-string banjo and sound just like Earl Scruggs, right? When IBMA says “big tent,” they just mean when folks like the Lonesome River Band and Doyle Lawson use drums,

Late last month we published an article laying out some of the new rules in place for the 2018 SPBGMA national convention in Nashville. Typically held the first weekend in February, this event signals the bluegrass reawakening each year following

When Tim Stafford puts out a new guitar album, people in the bluegrass and flatpicking worlds pay attention. They don't come around very often, and you have to wait for them to hear the subtleties of his playing in a

Mountain Fever Records has released a second single from their newest artist, Amanda Cook, from her upcoming debut for the label, Deep Water. This one is Cook's version of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' Caleb Meyer, a grisly song of assault

Tim O'Brien has created a live, front porch version of the final track on his current release, Where The River Meets The Road. It's the old time classic, Little Annie, sung along with Jan Fabricius. Nothing fancy, just a fine performance

The family of Jim Rollins will host memorial services this Sunday, September 17, in Greenville, SC. A well known and popular banjo player, Jim was killed last week when a drunk driver rear ended his vehicle, spinning him off the road

Howling at the banjo, I should say. Here's a light-hearted video that should bring you a smile. Avid banjo collector and tradesman Jim Mills is in the habit of shooting a quick video whenever he gets a new instrument in the shop,

After this year's flash flooding, no one would have been surprised to hear that Rudy Fest was packing it in. The site in Grayson, Kentucky where the festival is held was inundated with 5'' of rain in short order on