Author: John Lawless

Rounder Records has released a new music video from The Gibson's Brothers' Brotherhood CD, which dropped earlier this week. It's a sort of rockabilly track, a blues number the boys learned from The York Brothers, a Kentucky brother duet who cut

Junior Sisk has had a rough couple of weeks since his spinal cord surgery on February 12. He came through the surgery just fine, but had a tough few days in the immediate aftermath with pain and swelling. The surgery was

In addition to their ongoing Bluegrass Roundup, concluding this weekend, Concert Window will be broadcasting Friday and Saturday from Wintergrass in Bellevue, WA. The festival begins today, and runs through Sunday. Concert Window will be broadcasting from the Third Place Cedar

For friends of Monroe Fields in the Knoxville area, here are the details about his funeral arrangements for tomorrow. Services will be held in the chapel at Bridges Funeral Home in Knoxville, TN on February 26 at 7:00 p.m. The family will

Moonstruck Management has announced that the bluegrass band, NewTown, is the latest to sign with their agency. Though the group has been together for several years, they made a big leap in 2013 with the release of Time Machine, their first

Ralph Stanley - photo © Dave Hollender Today is a special day in bluegrass music, the 88th birthday of the great Ralph Stanley. And with 68 years of touring behind him, what will he be doing to celebrate? Ralph will be taking

Good news coming in from Ernie Evans in Florida, who has been treated of late for the bladder cancer which was diagnosed back in November. The bluegrass entertainer and festival promoter had a pair of cancerous growths removed surgically last

In debates surrounding regional chauvinism in the roots of bluegrass music, New York's Gibson Brothers are often posited as modern exemplars of a sound that isn't dominated by cultural and musical conventions of the American south. It's true that their music is

Bill Jenkins is presented with a copy of the joint resolution in his honor by Virginia Senator Tommy Norment (February 19, 2015) Last week, the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia bestowed a signal honor on native son and long time

The good folks at the International Bluegrass Music Association asked us to remind everyone that this Saturday is the deadline to get your application in for an official showcase spot during the Bluegrass Ramble at the 2015 World of Bluegrass