Author: John Lawless

It's the oldest story in the history of bluegrass. A talented young musician dedicates much of their early life to mastering this quirky and demanding music. If a little luck comes their way, they connect with an up-and-coming band and receive a

Kevin Prater, Kentucky bluegrass singer, songwriter and band leader, is expected to return home today following hip replacement surgery yesterday. Prater had his right hip replaced at Pikeville Medical  Center in Pikeville, KY. His agent, Stacey Wright, tells us that the surgery went

More news this week from The Edgar Loudermilk Band, featuring Jeff Autry. It has been announced this morning that Swift Enterprises, a trucking company based in Cleveland, TN, will sponsor Edgar and Jeff on the road this year. Company owner Gregory Swift is

Steve Gulley has a lot of friends in the bluegrass world. The talented singer, songwriter, bandleader, and recording engineer/producer has had great success in our music from the time he started singing at the Renfro Valley park as a young

CF Martin has announced two new guitars in their highly-touted Authentic Series for 2016. This series was created by taking representative vintage guitars from their museum, or from trusted collectors, and studying their dimensions in great detail using CAT scanner designed

Last week when Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley were making a run through Florida, with sold out shows in Sarasota and Suffer, they stopped by the Sarasota Herald Tribune to record an episode of their Ticket TV web program. Rob and Trey

West Virginia's Circa Blue is delighted to announce that they are bringing a top flight bluegrass festival to their home base of Martinsburg. Circa Blue Fest, scheduled for May 6-8, 2016, will be hosted in cooperation with The Child Safe Center, an

In what would seem to be the first band personnel switch of 2016, Breaking Grass has announced the addition of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jody Elmore to the band. He will assume the banjo spot recently vacated by Shelton Vanderford. A native Alabamian,

Young Jacob Underwood, banjo picker for Illinois' Bluegrass Express, has released a video overview of his new solo project, The Banjo Files. The album features Jacob's crisp traditional-style banjo on ten tracks mixing a few of his original tunes with some

After 15 years proudly representing Martha White, Rhonda Vincent has rewrapped her official tour bus, The Bluegrass Express, with new graphics. Vincent says that she is nothing but grateful for the long-running relationship with Martha White, whose support of bluegrass goes back