Author: John Lawless

2016 is starting off with a bang for Chris Jones. This week marks the release of his new music video, for One Night In Paducah from his current Mountain Home project, Run Away Tonight, and a very special milestone for his

You've got to have some sympathy for the poor old International Bluegrass Music Association. On Sunday, their Facebook page was hacked (now back under their control), and they woke up this morning to find that The Darrell Brothers have started

With a new CD set to hit later this month, Matt Flinner has created this video to explain what he and his trio are up to these days with their concept of music du jour. The guys have challenged themselves

Edgar Loudermilk has released a first single from his upcoming Pinecastle solo project, Georgia Maple. The song is one he wrote called My Kentucky Home, recorded with his current group, The Edgar Loudermilk Band, featuring Jeff Autry. Edgar is on bass,

Doug Sebranek, one of the several founders and promoters of Wisconsin's Larryfest Music Festival, died suddenly on December 31. He was only 52 years old, and succumbed to a suspected heart attack. The festival, sponsored by the Kickapoo Valley Acoustic Music

The official Facebook page of the International Bluegrass Music Association has been maliciously hacked. Someone commandeered the account on Sunday and has removed administrator access for the IBMA staff. In short, the organization is now unable to manage the account, and

Here again is our annual recounting of the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart, showing the Top 30 songs played during 2015 based on total spins from bluegrass radio. It's a great mix of new songs from our music's top writers, along with

Corey Hensley, former vocalist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, has a new album of Gospel music due out in a few days. Entitled simply, Hymns, it is a true solo project featuring Corey's voice with basic guitar or piano accompaniment. He

Colorado banjo player Jake Schepps has come up with a creative way to fund his various musical musings, and keep the many fans of his experimental five string projects in the loop. He's created a new web site, Round Window Radio,

Regular readers may recall a number of videos we had posted over the year of Japanese shamisen player Takeharu Kunimoto, who utilized this traditional instrument of his native culture to play bluegrass music. We were saddened to learn that Takeharu died