Author: John Lawless

Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome has announced a band change. Banjo man Eli Gilbert is leaving the group. He is set to graduate this Spring from East Tennessee State University, and has accepted a teaching position in Maine after graduation, where he was

Randm Records has released a second track from their upcoming album for Po' Ramblin' Boys, Back To The Mountains. This time it's Remember Where You Came From, an old timey waltz number in the Stanley tradition, written and sung by guitarist Josh

Bluegrass lovers know that hot young pickers show up just about everywhere you look. You see them at festivals all over the world, at fiddler's conventions, and at amateur pickings in every imaginable setting. Some may just be precocious youngsters,

Former IIIrd Tyme Out bass player Blake Johnson, who left the group last year owing to serious kidney and pancreas illness, had to undergo open heart surgery today at Duke University Hospital. The surgery was to repair two heart valves that were

The next album from Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, Sho-Nuff Country, will be released on Patuxent Music. Their signing with the Maryland label run by musician and audio engineer Tom Mindte was announced last week. Like their last project, Sho-Nuff Country

Nancy Cardwell, former Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced that she will be representing bluegrass legend, Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys, for dates in 2016, 2017, and beyond. Jesse has been playing, writing, and singing bluegrass

The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass for America has announced the nominees for their 2016 Bluegrass Awards. Winners will be announced during their Awards Show on February 7, the closing event during the 2016 SPBGMA Convention in Nashville, TN. To

Long based around the singing of husband/wife team Brad and Lori Lambert, New Outlook will have a new look when they roll into SPBGMA next month in Nashville. Lori tells us that they have brought in a new guitarist, Jeremy Moore, along

Ned Luberecki has announced this evening that he is giving up his position with Chris Jones & the Night Drivers to accept the banjo spot with Becky Buller. He shared both a statement and a video with us to explain his

How about some fine old time music to point us all towards the weekend. Here's Bruce Molsky and his Mountain Drifters doing a bang up job on an old chestnut, Across The Plains of Illinois. Bruce credits finding this version in