Author: John Lawless

Everyone seems to be having fun with our March MASHness 2016 reader poll, where we are asking you to choose your favorite bluegrass artist through a tiered bracket that largely mirrors the NCAA basketball tournament, also coming to its conclusion

So, is Josh Williams a bluegrass singer or a country crooner? People who have enjoyed his silky smooth voice this past twenty five years might well wonder. Williams has made his living in the bluegrass world, currently holding down the guitar

Colorado banjoist Jake Schepps is offering a free sampler of the music he has been working on of late, as a tease for his new subscription service, Round Window Radio. We live in a challenging time for musical artists, where the

There's a new player in the online bluegrass radio market. RadioBluegrass.com has actually been cybercasting a 24/7 bluegrass signal for just over a year, but owner/operator Sid Zipo is just now starting to promote the feed, which can also be found

Last weekend at RenoFest 2016 served as a coming out party of sorts for Claybank, a youthful North Carolina bluegrass group we first told you about last spring. The band took first place in the band contest, and its $1500 prize, with members

Last week in Nashville, the International Bluegrass Music Association welcomed 26 participants in their annual Leadership Bluegrass program for an intensive, three-day program designed to help identify and nature leaders in all aspects of bluegrass music. The 26 were chosen from

Earlier this year we made mention of bluegrass/newgrass vocalist Ray Cardwell's return to the music business after a number of years away, and today he has introduced his touring band, Tennessee Moon. The group will feature Kyle Wood on mandolin, Richard Starkey

It's getting on that time of year again, with the eligibility period for the 2016 IBMA Awards drawing nigh, and the new releases are flying fast and furious. We've had several come in so far this week so we'll try

Joe Mullins has come up with a clever idea to help introduce his latest album with The Radio Ramblers, Sacred Memories, due from Rebel Records on April 15. When recording this new project, Joe arranged for cameras to capture the proceedings

Mountain Fever Records has released an advance single, I Am A Drifter, the quasi-title track from their next album by Volume Five, Drifter. The highly engaging song is a contribution from award-winning writer Donna Ulisse and Marc Rossi, and sung by Volume