Author: John Lawless

It's often said these days that if you could figure out and bottle what makes videos go viral online, you'd have a pot of gold on your hands. Every so often, something universal in the human condition is captured digitally,

Good news for bluegrass fans in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. The Brown County Bluegrass Festival, held for 25 years in Georgetown, OH, will continue this year in August. Managed since 1990 by Don Morgan and his family, the festival had

NewTown, the band project for husband-and-wife grassers Katie Penn and Jr. Williams, have scored again with their new Mountain Home project, Harlan Road. These two make a perfect musical team. Kati sings with a smooth, agile voice while Jr.'s voice is more gruff

The Podunk Bluegrass Festival has announced the finalists in their 2016 Songwriters Contest. The three selected songwriters will perform their songs at the festival on August 13 on the main stage in Hebron, CT. In addition to cash prizes and tickets to

Tom Nechville, banjo builder and the man behind the innovative Nechville Musical Products company, is the latest subject to sit for banjo archivist Bud Bennett and his Appalachian Music and Culture blog. Bud has to date posted lengthy, in-depth interviews with several notable banjo

More sad news from the world of internet radio... Richard Cifersky has informed us that his European online bluegrass radio project, Radio Velvet, has discontinued their streaming service. The Slovak-based 24/7 network has been operating for the past two years, managed

Clay Hess and Tim Shelton, a pair of noted Ohio grassers, have announced their intention to tour together in 2017. They are setting to work now on a new recording, and are accepting dates for next year now with their

WAMU, which has provided a home for bluegrass music in our nation's capitol since July 1967, has made the decision to switch to an all news and information format starting January 1, 2017. As a result, their bluegrass streaming service,

Rebekah Long has released a music video for Ain't Life Sweet, the opening track on her newly-released Here I Am CD. It's a song she wrote with Donna Ulisse and Rick Stanley about the country life. Donna was her producer for

Are you a banjo player looking for a full time gig? A spot is opening up with Darin & Brooke Aldridge this summer, and they have asked us to share news of the fact to help them find the perfect