Author: John Lawless

Toronto's Slocan Ramblers have release a video seek peak from their upcoming second album, Coffee Creek, due to be released this month. It features scenes of the guys in the studio against some music from the new record. The band is

IIIrd Tyme Out bassist Blake Johnson has been in the hospital again, with doctors trying to relive his chronic abdominal pain, and find out why he has been unable to eat. Blake has been suffering from pancreatitis and kidney problems,

From when I lived in south Alabama in the early '90s, I remember Destin, FL for its pearly white beaches, crystal clear water, and tons of new construction. Much of the area had fairly recently been devastated by a hurricane,

Corey Smith, guitarist with modern grassers, Ash Breeze, has launched a promising new YouTube channel he calls War Against Silence. The concept is to create music videos that pair promising young vocalists with music that is more widely popular as

When it rains, it pours... We posted last month about the fundraising appeal for banjo legend John Hickman and his wife Susie, hoping to raise money to fix his roof and make a number of needed structural repairs on their house.

Steve Martin has announced that Noam Pikelny, current banjoist with Punch Brothers, has joined the Board which selects the recipients of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music. Noam had been the inaugural prize winner in

Kids On Bluegrass is a program where talented teens and youngsters are highlighted during the IBMA's World of Bluegrass each year. Special bluegrass kids are identified from around the country, and formed into a band to both entertain attendees and highlight

If you didn't catch Mountain Faith last night on America's Got Talent, you should know that they absolutely killed it. After a brief introductory discussion, they performed a grassed up version on One Republic's Counting Stars. Summer McMahan's lovely voice captured the audience's

To help promote their show this week as a part of Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman in Nashville, Sierra Hull and Del McCoury took a tour through the historic building, with a video camera in tow. Sierra got Del to share

The Steeldrivers have a released a music video for Long Way Down, the opening track from The Muscle Shoals Recordings, their latest album on Rounder. It showcases more of their trademark blues-grass sound, featuring Gary Nichols' slippery vocals with grassy accompaniment.