Author: John Lawless

Here's a happy coincidence for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. The very day they release a music video for the first single from their new album, it hits #1 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. The album is Made To

Katherine St. Records in Nashville has announced an April 7 release for Burn Another Candle, the first solo project from Jenni Lyn Gardner since the recent hiatus of Della Mae. She's written eight of the album's twelve tracks, combining her background

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have announced today that Tommy Long, their guitarist and lead singer this past 6 years, is stepping aside from the group for a medical leave of absence. A recent cancer diagnosis means that he will

Noam Pikelny is not only a banjo player extraordinaire. On his his upcoming Rounder album, Universal Favorite, we learn that he is also a very capable vocalist. And based on this short film created to explain the basis for this record

Perhaps the surest sign that bluegrass has grown to a mature musical form is the fact that it has now segmented itself into a number of subsets. Each has its own dedicated following, with artists catering to the style, labels

Attention bluegrass songwriters! Here's another chance to get your songs out amongst the many artists looking for material. The Circa-Blue Fest, held each May in Martinsburg, WV, has announced a new songwriting contest. The deadline to enter is March 31, with

Dale Ann Bradley has announced a change in her touring band. Reso-guitarist Greg Blaylock has had to take his leave owing to a promotion at his day job, and Matt Leadbetter has come in to fill that spot. Matt has worked

Emily Phillips is a third year at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, pursuing a degree in Anthropology. She is also an accomplished old-time fiddler, and a student of the music of noted Ozark fiddle and banjo player, Billy

Earlier this month, we had reported that legendary banjo man, Eddie Adcock, had to interrupt his tour schedule owing to what he believed to be a malfunction with his brain implant, which was generating deep brain stimulation to overcome a

Recently Rhonda Vincent & The Rage teamed up with the Nashville team for Shure to help them demonstrate their new MV88 stereo microphone. It's part of their MOTIV line of microphones designed specifically for use with iOS devices for home recording