Author: John Lawless

Blue Highway will be celebrating their 30th anniversary as a bluegrass band, and recording a live album, over the course of two nights at the end of March. These very special concerts will be held at the Martin Center for the

Bayla Davis with her new custom Gold Tone open back banjo Gold Tone Music Group has announced their newest endorser, and perhaps their youngest, in the person of Bayla Davis, a 17-year-old old time player from western North Carolina. In just

Ralph Stanley II on the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium (1/17/25) January 17 was a special night for Ralph Stanley II. After many years of playing the Grand Ole Opry as a member of the Clinch Mountain Boys, alongside

Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the March 28 release of Arcadia on Down The Road Records. At the same time, the band has released a debut single, Looks Like The End Of The Road. Arcadia marks a number of

Jesse Smathers - photo © Laci Mack Jesse Smathers has been announced as the newest signee with the Mountain Home Music label. Currently guitarist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band, Jesse grew up in a deeply musical family in North Carolina. His

The American Banjo Museum, located in Oklahoma City and dedicated to promoting and preserving banjo players and music of all kinds, has announced five new members to their Hall of Fame. They will be officially inducted during the weekend of

Kat Brake's rental vehicle damaged in the Music City Sheraton parking lot during SPBGMA (1/25/25) During this past weekend's National Convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA), the music, the jamming, and the fun was

Two Nashville vocal powerhouses have joined together to form The Herculeons, in the persons of John Cowan and Andrea Zonn. They have a new album coming in March on True Lonesome Records which will also feature fellow singing stars Michael

Wyatt Ellis has been getting a lot of mileage from his current single, Winds of Rowan County. He's released it as a double-side, 45 RPM vinyl single, backed with Bill Monroe's Memories of You, also available through the popular download

This past Saturday and Sunday the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America held their annual Band Championship during their 41st National Convention in Nashville. Competitors performed multiple times for the judges over the two days, before the