Author: John Lawless

Deering Banjos is introducing a lavish new banjo at the 2017 NAMM Show to honor banjo legend John McEuen and his 50 years touring with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The John McEuen Signature model banjo is made from highly figured

Rebel Records has released an advance single from Let Them Know I'm From Virginia, their upcoming album for Big Country Bluegrass. It's a new song from Tracy O'Connell that fits right in with the hard-charging, traditional bluegrass sound this bunch

Congratulations to our friends at Galaxy Audio, who are celebrating 40 years as a family-owned business in 2017. They proudly wear their moniker as the Personal Monitor Experts, since developing the Hot Spot in the late 1970s changed the way

A new bluegrass festival is being launched in central Ohio, with popular singer and bandleader, Kevin Prater, at the helm. Billed as the Three Rivers Bluegrass Festival, it is scheduled for April 27-28, 2018 at the Coshocton Fairgrounds in Coshocton, OH.

Pinecastle has released a debut single from their new album for Wildfire, Rented Room On Broadway. It's the more-or-less title track, Bible And A Bus Ticket, from Craig Wiseman and James Dean Hicks, where one of the lines mentions living

For fans of the late Ralph Stanley, here's something that will cheer your heart as your reflect on his passing last year. His grandson, Nathan, who performed with Dr. Stanley in his later years, has released a new album of Gospel

Here's another bluegrass radio show you can remember for when you're traveling, or to check out online. Radio Hatteras is based in Buxton, NC on Hatteras Island along the area's Outer Banks. These are natural barrier islands, formed by the action

Rural Rhythm Records in Nashville has announced new distribution arrangements, set to begin later this month. The label releases new music in the bluegrass, Americana, and contemporary Christian categories, plus historical reissues from its deep catalog of traditional bluegrass from

The venerable Bama Bluegrass show, hosted on WUAL radio since 1972, has announced a new host. Dr. Lance Kinney is retiring and turning over the spot he has held on the University of Alabama station in Tuscaloosa to a new

With Richard Cifersky's recent return to the Slovak Republic, Dale Ann Bradley has today announced the return of Mike Sumner to her touring band on banjo. Mike is very nearly a life long banjoist, starting when he was only six prompted