Author: John Lawless

Tomorrow, May 1, 2025, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, VA is offering a rare treat for lovers of the first generation of bluegrass artists. They are holding a listening party at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum for a

For their next album, Paper Flowers, Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius have teamed up with folk music legend Tom Paxton to co-write 12 new songs. The full project isn't due until June, but a single will be available this week,

When South Carolina's Backline won the Rising Stars Challenge at the 2024 Blue Highway Fest, part of their prize was having Blue Highway's Wayne Taylor produce them in the studio, and have Turnberry Records release a single. We have that single,

Mountain Fever Records has welcomed multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Bryan McDowell into the fold, and released a debut single, Hold Me Like I'm Leaving. Bryan has been a familiar feature in bluegrass for many years, spending several years with Claire Lynch,

Michael Martin Murphey - photo © Billy Curry Michael Martin Murphey, he of the 1975 mega-hits, Wildfire and Carolina in the Pines, has a new bluegrass single this month, taken from a poem called Burnin' Vein. Though not originally known as

The 2014 autobiography of Ozark fiddle legend and long-time Silver Dollar City performer Violet Hensley, Whittlin' and Fiddlin' My Own Way: The Violet Hensley Story, has been formatted for digital release, and will be available April 30 on the Kindle

Billy Blue Records has put together a very nice music video for their current single with Bob Minner, a new arrangement of The Osborne Brothers classic, Listening To The Rain. Bob is generally known as a guitarist and songwriter, but his

Rudy's Bluegrass Revue - Chris Carter, Rudy Cortese, Elizabeth Kronlage Western North Carolina's Rudy Cortese is the driving force behind Rudy's Bluegrass Revue, a highly entertaining outfit that specializes in live shows in the region. You might find him performing solo,

The Central Valley Boys at the 2024 Summergrass festival in San Diego, CA - photo © Dennis Andersen Popular California bluegrass band the Central Valley Boys have decided to disband after 15 years performing together. Known for their traditional take on bluegrass, and their

Mountain Home Music has released an animated video for their current single from Nashville singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ashby Frank. It's his cut of The Bug, a song that goes back almost 35 years to British rocker Mark Knopfler. A native