Author: John Lawless

Paul Schiminger, the new Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association has posted this new video to help explain the process of how their annual awards are chosen. Using a sort of fireside chat approach, he runs through the

Bluegrass lovers in Washington State are mourning the loss of one of their own, Marjorie Sharon Bennett, who passed away on August 6. She was 74 years of age. Sharon was a co-founder of the Washington Bluegrass Association, where she remained

We received a note from Slovak banjo player Richard Cifersky, asking us to share a message about his indiegogo campaign to help him raise the funds necessary to obtain a VISA to live in the United States as a working

Christian Davis, the bottomless bass singer for Dailey & Vincent this past five years, has announced that he is leaving the band to focus on his own solo music ministry. A new CD is planned for the near future, and personal appearances

Old time artist Matt Kinman has released this homespun video of him performing Cold Icy Mountain, one of the songs included on his upcoming album with Moses Nelligan, Travelin' Songs. Kinman is a lifelong musician, though he had spent much of

Susan E. Cunningham, noted as a fiddler and festival organizer in the bluegrass world, and as a rocket scientist in the world of aeronautical engineering, died earlier this month at 57. She had been fighting against lung cancer this past

Cedar Creek Management has announced that they are now representing The Kody Norris Show. Known for his outlandish stage attire and his driving, Jimmy Martin-inflected traditional music, Kody is a true bluegrass showman. Working now in the Kody Norris Show is Mary Rachel Nalley

Rhonda Vincent had a dream to see her own realization of a bluegrass/country 12 Days Of Christmas, which she realized in the studio this year. She's assembled a roster of country music royalty to perform with her on a new album,

The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys brought their hard driving brand of old school bluegrass to western Europe, and promised to send us updates along the way. Here’s their fifth installment, from mandolinist C.J. Lewandowski, covering their trip from Holland to Denmark and back. Loek Lommis had a

Despite missing the final round of competition on the 2015 season of America's Got Talent, die-hard fans of Mountain Faith turned out last Thursday evening in Sylva, NC for a parade to celebrate their hometown heroes. Three of the five band