Author: John Lawless

Old time music lovers in the Charleston/Huntington, WV region are mourning the loss of Joe Dobbs, a prominent fiddler, radio host, businessman, and music personality who had made St. Albans his home some years ago. Dobbs passed away on Monday

Rebel Records has announced the signing of Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass, and the release of a debut single ahead of their CD dropping on November 6. Down Memory Lane is the title of the album, which Mark says he recorded

The Po' Ramblin' Boys have signed with California's Randm Records to release Back To The Mountains, their first album of "outlaw bluegrass," later this fall. They call their hard-charging, traditional sound "outlaw" as they see it as counter to the trend towards a smoother,

Singing News Radio and Salem Media Group have announced that Joe Mullins will be the new host of their popular Front Porch Fellowship radio program. The show is syndicated across 140 independent stations in the US and Canada each week,

Some of the top performers in bluegrass music got together this past weekend to offer a very special concert for Lance LeRoy. It was held at the home of his son, Lanny, in Mt. Juliet, TN where Lance and his

Bluegrass covers of pop songs goes back a long way in our music. Perhaps the first to gain universal recognition was the arrangement of Fox On The Run that Emerson & Waldron picked up from British rockers Manfred Mann in

Russell Moore has announced that he has officially hired Jerry Cole as bassist with IIIrd Tyme Out. Jerry has been touring with the band for several months now since the group's previous bass player, Blake Johnson, has been on medical leave suffering with

The "making of" video is becoming a standard promotional tool in the acoustic music world, offering fans a little peak into the process of recording. They generally offer snippets of audio from an upcoming project, some behind the scenes footage

David Grisman and Mike Marshall, two legends of American mandolin music, have announced they are discontinuing their Mandolin Symposium which had been held annually at UC Santa Cruz this past twelve years. Dozens of top eight-stringers from around the world have taught

Thanks to the folks at the Mountain Music Project, we have this video of the performance of Angeline The Baker featuring 491 mandolins at last month's Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax. It is believed that the group has set the new Guinness