Author: John Lawless

The acoustic and alternative music worlds were shocked when Louis Jay Meyers died suddenly of a heart attack almost exactly one year ago on March 11, 2016. He was taken by a heart attack at only 61 years of age,

We've been notified of the launch of two new bluegrass groups in the UK, made up of the members from a pair of young family groups in England and Ireland, and some of their hot pickin' friends. If you've followed the

You can't stop the bluegrass! It's rampaging though the institutions. Clemson University in South Carolina is the latest major educational institution to add a bluegrass offering in their music department. They have announced that their new Clemson Bluegrass Ensemble will begin

Virginia's Crooked Road, the state's successful effort to use traditional mountain music as a tourist draw for dozens of southwest Virginia communities, is getting a nice boost from an unexpected place. The Furrow, a publication of the John Deere Company which

Bluegrass lovers in southern California who have been bemoaning the loss of the Huck Finn festival can take some relief in this news. The Temecula Valley Bluegrass Festival is being resurrected under new management. It had been announced after the 2016

Thalia Capos, whose innovative clamp-style devices using exotic wood veneers to improve the aesthetic have become such a hit, have taken the next logical step in guitar accessory production. The company was founded back in 2010 when Chris Bradley, a mechanical

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released another music video from their star-studded collaboration project, Country Grass. The album features a bevy of country music icons performing bluegrass versions of their biggest hits with Lorraine and the boys. This latest showcases

Here's something fun to start your first weekend in March. Our friends, The Wortmann Brothers, have released a new video in their series of bluegrass classics translated into German. As always, they infuse their unique Continental humor into the translation, and

Mike Snider and Mark Johnson on the Grand Ole Opry - photo by Nicole Christianson Florida's Mark Johnson, inventor of the clawgrass style of banjo, had a big moment last weekend when he traveled to Nashville to appear on the Grand

Tom Feller, Chris Hill, and Tony Holt at the Palatka Bluegrass Festival - photo © Deb Miller Baseball season is cranking up, which is usually the time we start hearing trade rumors in the bluegrass world. But how often do we