Author: John Lawless

Australian bluegrass and country singer Kristy Cox was honored last week during the Country Music Awards of Australia with the trophy for Bluegrass Recording of the Year for 2017 . She won for the song Another Weary Mile from her

Mountain Fever Records has dropped a debut single from Warning Signs, their upcoming project for Mississippi's Breaking Grass. Like most everything the band records, Annie, was written and sung by guitarist Cody Farrar. It's the story of a present-day reincarnation of Annie

There will be multiple entertainment showcases taking place over this weekend at the Music City Sheraton while the SPBGMA National Convention is going on. The main stage will feature top flight stage performances from some of the best acts in bluegrass,

We caught up recently with Shannon Slaughter, who tells us that his next album will be a solo project, hopefully released by springtime. His wife and duet partner, Heather Slaughter, will participate but the record will focus on Shannon's singing and

While much of the bluegrass world is fixated on the SPBGMA convention which starts tomorrow, and the rest of the country on this weekend's Super Bowl, there's an even more urgent concern that needs to be addressed beforehand. To wit... will

Mike Bentley, lead singer with Cumberland Gap Connection, has released a preview video to give people a taste of his upcoming solo project for Union House Records. He spent time in the studio last month with some top bluegrass session players,

Faster And Farther, the upcoming Mountain Home project from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, has been generating a great deal of anticipation in bluegrass circles for the past two months. The husband/wife songbirds have delighted fans with their five previous albums, plus

Folk Alliance International has announced the nominees for their International Folk Music Awards, to be distributed in February at an awards show in Kansas City. Though inclusive of all sorts of folk music around the world, several of the artists nominated

Banjo wizard Ned Luberecki has announced a March 31 release date for Take Five, his next album of music for the five string. Many grass fans know Ned from his on-air job at SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction, or from his lengthy stint

Kim Robins has a lot of good news to announce this week. The bluegrass singer from Bloomington, IN has signed a contract with Pinecastle Records, who have released an advance single before the full project, Raining in Baltimore, comes out this