Author: John Lawless

Radio Velvet, the online bluegrass radio network based in the Slovak Republic, has announced that Tom Adams' tribute to the music of Bill Keith will be aired again three more times this week. Adams hosts a recurring weekly program, Adams County

David Bromberg - photo by Harald Krichel The US Library of Congress has announced a major gift, a donation of personal papers from folk, bluegrass and old time musician David Bromberg to their American Folklife Center. Bromberg has been a prominent guitarist, fiddler,

What's up with Grasstowne? That's a question I've heard more than a few times this past few years. Founder and mandolinist Alan Bibey has seen a lot of changes with this band in the nine years since they formed as a

Ken Chapple, a singer, songwriter and flatpick guitarist in the fertile musical region around Asheville, NC, has released a debut project of his music. Called Crossing The Black, it includes ten new songs performed with contemporary bluegrass accompaniment. Chapple has a

Among the many interesting people we met this year at the World of Bluegrass convention were Damon Postle and Danny Bermel, a pair of doctoral students at the University of Georgia. They are in the process of developing pre-service teacher training in

Recently the newsroom at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune welcomed guests Mark Johnson and Emory Lester, along with bassist Kene Hyatt, for an impromptu concert in their on-site video studio. The guys stopped by ahead of an October 23 concert in nearby Fogartyville and offered

Hard Cry Moon is the name of bluegrass singer/songwriter Donna Ulisse's latest album, and her most recent video. It's an old-time country weeper written by Donna and her husband, Rick Stanley, about a long night of tears and heartbreak. This marks her

More news from Echo Mountain Entertainment... Following last week's announcement that she would be responsible for booking Corey Hensley comes news that Bella Johnson and Echo Mountain Entertainment will be handling representation for Nightflyer. The band hails from southern Ohio, with Richard

The latest edition of Uncharted from UPROXX is a profile of everyone's favorite New Jersey grassers, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys, now going as Sleepy Man. The three teens, Johnny, Robbie, and Tommy Mizzone, have gone from cute kids to more

2015 Grand Master Fiddler Champion Aynsley Porchak receives her trophy from director Howard Harris - photo by Randall Franks We've just received the results from the 2015 Grand Masters Fiddler Championship, held September 26-27 at the Country Music Hall of Fame