Author: John Lawless

The Bluegrass Brothers, super hard-driving traditionalists from Catawba, VA, will have a new look for 2017. Well, actually... it's more a return to an older look for the group. John Simmons, who had been playing guitar and singing with the Brothers,

The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the nominees for their 43rd annual Bluegrass Music Awards. The winners will be announced and trophies awarded during the Society's National Convention which runs February 2-5, 2017 at

Asheville Bluegrass at Crossroads Studio: Nick Dauphinais, Mike Hunter, Bobby Hicks, Mark Kuykendall, Scott Barnett (engineer), and Seth Rhienhart We spoke earlier today with Mark Kuykendall, who along with Bobby Hicks, has been working in the studio on their next recording with

What would you call a chat with one of our first generation bluegrass icons who, at 91 years of age, is still writing and recording new music. I had the chance today to speak with the great Mac Wiseman about

The Railsplitters have released a music video of a new song from singer/guitarist Lauren Stovall to help promote their upcoming tour with Yonder Mountain String Band. In a recent interview with Relix, Lauren says that the song was a good while

The international bluegrass world was shocked by the news over Thanksgiving that Hiroshi Arakawa, a Japanese student living in North Carolina while learning to improve his bluegrass skills at East Tennessee State University, was seriously injured in an auto accident

Dolly Parton's telethon to benefit victims of the wildfires that ravaged east Tennessee last month starts in just a few hours, offering television and online viewers a chance to donate to her My People Fund. The fund is a part

John Bryan, the newest member of The Grascals, had to undergo an emergency appendectomy last night at the hospital near his home in Boone, NC. The band was performing Saturday night at the Mountaineer Opry House in Milton, WV and John

Jamie Sparks, banjo player with The Bluegrass Brothers, was married to Erin Melton on December 10 at the Ruritan Club in Rustburg VA. The young couple had been dating this past two years. After a honeymoon in the Bahamas, they will

The Infamous Stringdusters have released a music video for Gravity, the quasi-title track from their upcoming album, Laws Of Gravity, due next month from Compass Records. It was written by bass player Travis Book, who also sings the song, and his