Author: John Lawless

Rural Rhythm Records, based in Nashville, has announced the signing of Indiana grassers Feller & Hill to the label. Their next album, Brothers and Heroes, is expected from Rural Rhythm this fall. The singing duo first hit in 2012 when banjoist

There was another lovely bluegrass wedding this past weekend in western Massachusetts when one of Boston's bluegrass power couples, Laura Orshaw and Tony Watt, were married. Tony teaches guitar, mandolin, and jam classes in Cambridge, and Laura plays fiddle for

Poor Mountain Records in western North Carolina has announced the signing of My Brother's Keeper, a progressive bluegrass and Gospel group from Cincinnati. The group is made up of three brothers - Benjamin, Titus, and Joshua Luckhaupt -  who play guitar,

Mountain Faith Band has a new single, the first from their upcoming next album, and a new name! Recognizing the reality that Summer Brooke McMahan is the face and the voice of the group, the band has decided to go now

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that husband/wife banjo duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn will serve as hosts for the 28th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, to be held September 28 in Raleigh, NC. This gala awards presentation serves

I've always said, you meet the nicest bunch of people in bluegrass music. It's true at festivals and shows, jams and pickin's and it's just as true of performers as it is for fans. This was demonstrated again this week as

Tony Williams, bluegrass entrepreneur, promoter, and all-around friend to the music died this morning in the hospital near his home in Kentucky from multiple post-surgical complications. He was 70 years of age. Though he was involved in multiple aspects of the

Virginia's Deer Creek Boys are the most recent bluegrass artists to receive an endorsement from GHS Strings. The Battle Creek, MI manufacturer has a long history of support for bluegrass artists, with dozens of endorsing acts using their banjo, mandolin, and

Bob and Sonjia Smallwood Bourgeois Guitars, located in Lewiston, ME, has introduced Bob Smallwood as their President/COO, and CFO. Smallwood has actually been at the helm since September 2016, when he came aboard to assist founder and chief luthier Dana Bourgeois

We've featured 12 year old bluegrass singer Mikaya Taylor here in the past, remarking on the rare degree of control she has over her singing voice at such a young age. Since being introduced to the bluegrass world through a series