Author: John Lawless

Lorraine Jordan has released a new video from her Country Grass series, an alternate track from her recent album of the same name. The song is a bluegrass version of Ready For The Times To Get Better, a country hit for

Mac Wiseman, known worldwide as "The Voice with a Heart," turned 92 yesterday. He hosted a birthday get-together at his home this past Saturday with about 50 close friends and family members in the Nashville area. They told stories, sang songs,

The good folks at the Mountains Of Music Homecoming who bring 9 days of music, culture, and culinary events to southwestern Virginia each June, have begun to publish short interviews with the various personalities associated with these ventures. They have

With his new solo project, All I've Got, Mike Bentley is making a pitch to be considered among the top male vocalists in bluegrass music. His rich baritone voice just oozes sincerity, and the songs he has chosen are perfect

Terry Poirier has been announced as the new bass player with the Little Roy & Lizzy Show. The Canadian native now living in Lexington, KY will start his tenure with the band on June 9. Terry went looking for a job

The good folks at Nashville Acoustic Camps have announced a new offering to their lineup for this year. In addition to their weekend workshops for fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and guitar, they will hold a vocal camp in November for people

Voxhall Records has released a music video for the debut single on their new album from Nu-Blu. It's an uplifting song from Devin Bell, Jimmy Fortune, and Tony Lopacinski which they've turned into a grassy anthem, called Still Small Voice. It

The Orange Circus Band has released a new video for their happy, feel-good song, Gold 'n' Rum. It finds the five friends from Virginia, Wales, Cornwall, and England rampaging through small villages in Europe where they live the troubadour life with

Raymond Fairchild is the real deal, and no one has ever accused him otherwise. From his earliest days entertaining tourists with his banjo in Maggie Valley, NC as a young man, people haven't taken him lightly. Though not a savage

The Chapmans are more than just a typical bluegrass band. I mean they are a bluegrass band, made up of three brothers (John, Jeremy, and Jason Chapman) plus their dad (Bill) on banjo. John plays guitar, Jeremy the mandolin, and