Author: John Lawless

Josh Otsuka, founding guitarist with breakout Japanese bluegrass band, Bluegrass 45, died at his home in Kobe, Japan on January 26. He was 80 years of age. Born Tsuyoshi Otsuka on July 26, 1944, he grew up in a post-war Japan

For their latest Mountain Home Music single, Asheville, NC's Unspoken Tradition has released a song from a fellow western North Carolina outfit, Katie and Burl, which was originally recorded by Acoustic Syndicate in 1999. It's a lovely song written by Steve

Here's another new release for Valentine's Day, this time from Swiss-American banjo heartthrob, Ettore Buzzini, on Patuxent Music. Also know as Eddie Ray, young Buzzini has been playing the banjo since he was nine years old. He has musical grandparents on

Releasing appropriately on Valentine's Day is Crandall Creek's latest single, Falling in Love Forever, a new song written by guitarist Jerry Andrews and his wife, Sharon. And how perfect that it was written by a loving couple, inspired by their own

J.D. Crowe & The New South, the definitive statement of modern bluegrass released in 1975, and commonly known by its catalog number, Rounder 0044, has been selected for inclusion in the Grammy Hall of Fame. This is the album that cemented

Mountain Home Music Company has announced today the signing of noted banjo player and vocalist Gena Britt to the label. Gena, of course is an original member of Sister Sadie, and an important part of their stage show and studio

Bluegrass lovers in southwestern Virginia have a unique opportunity on March 15 to relive the music of the 1980s when the Floyd Country Store in Floyd, VA presents A Tribute to Randall Hylton with a Virginia Squires reunion. Hylton was a

From Mighty Cord Records comes a new single by Green River Revue, a song written by Jim Buchanan called Aunt Mary's Spring. Green River Revue hasn't been playing together long, but has impressed a good many folks in the bluegrass world

Kentucky Just Us will be hosting a family-style benefit show on March 15 for Kentucky banjo builder and instrument repairman Arthur Hatfield, whose shop burned down last month after a propane heater ignited the building on January 10. Arthur lost everything

Pinecastle Recording has asked us to premiere a brand new music video from Nick Chandler & Delivered, their grassed up take on Never Did No Wanderin'. It's a song from the hilarious 2003 mockumentary, A Mighty Wind, a clever send