Author: John Lawless

The Jackson County North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the Town of Sylva, and Jackson County Parks and Recreation have come together to schedule a welcome home parade for Mountain Faith as they return from their America's Got Talent adventure in

The Bluegrass Byway has posted a video of a recent visit from Trinity River Band, featuring the talented Harris siblings performing the title track of their latest album, Heartstrings.   Bluegrass Byway is a weekly podcast, hosted by Joe Caliva, where each episode focuses

Justin Moses has been one of the more active bluegrass musicians working in our music this past decade, but rarely in a showy or bombastic fashion. Possessed of near-virtuosic skills on all the common bluegrass instruments, Moses has served as banjoist

How would you like to have a photo of yourself and your banjo hanging in the home of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn? Well the two banjo mavens have put out a call for just that, so that they can assemble

Sad news tonight for bluegrass fans. Mountain Faith Band failed to make it through to the final round on America's Got Talent. It was a good ride, but the voters didn't choose them to continue on. We're still mighty proud of this

In case you haven't had a sufficient Chris Jones fix today, here's the new music video he has just released along with his trusty Night Drivers. It's for Laurie, the opening track from their latest album, Run Away Tonight, available

Is there a bias against bluegrass Gospel music at the IBMA's World of Bluegrass convention? Are Gospel groups effectively blackballed as potential invited showcase artists? I have personally been aware for many years that there is a subset of the bluegrass

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to soar above the crowd at a major festival, looking down on all the pickers, fans, and attendees below? Well thanks to David Locklear and his trusty drone camera, now you can -

Tonight on America’s Got Talent, the celebrity judges seemed to turn on Mountain Faith following their spirited rendition of Can't Feel My Face by Canadian R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, who bills himself as The Weekend. The producers had created a down home, fall-oriented set

The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys are bringing their hard driving brand of old school bluegrass to western Europe, and have promised to send us updates along the way. Here’s their third installment, from mandolinist C.J. Lewandowski, covering their trip from Burkenreid, Germany to Hoogstaaten in Belgium. The