Author: John Lawless

Dolly Parton's new release, Blue Smoke, isn't really a bluegrass album, though she does include a number of songs with a grassy feel. Among them are the all-time favorite, Banks Of The Ohio, Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, which has

Here's a bluegrass match made in heaven, for those of you who were unable to attended the first annual Five String Fest in North Carolina earlier this month. J.D. Crowe sat in with The Boxcars, and the folks at Mountain Home

The Deadly Gentlemen can't wait for their next album to get new music in front of their fans. They've released a video for a new song, Thieving In The Evening, which banjo man and primary songwriter Greg Liszt says is a contemporary

Earlier today, the International Bluegrass Music Association and the city of Raleigh, NC announced that they have extended their contract to host the annual World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh for an additional three years. When the IBMA/Raleigh partnership was

Dark Shadow Recordings has released a second single from Becky Buller's upcoming album, 'Tween Earth And Sky. This one is a special tribute to Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. Serious Monroe fans know Southern Flavor as the title track of

Canaan’s Crossing has welcomed reso-guitarist Damion Kidd into the band, filling the spot vacated by mandolinist Josh Palmer. Bassist Tim Maze says that the band has had their eye on Kidd for some time, and recently decided to try replacing a mando

From Brooklyn, NY comes another young band using bluegrass instruments to play grass-inflected pop music. The Leeway describes their style as Indie/Folk, but it seems likely to appeal to fans of modern, experimental bluegrass-based music, which we have described here before

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen turned from weary bluegrass travelers to eager first responders early Saturday morning as they were headed home from Silver Dollar City's Bluegrass & BBQ festival in Branson, MO. Driving east on I-70 near St. Louis they encountered a

Here's a video recently received by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. It came from one of their fans in Rome, Dodo Versino, who taught his mixed choir the band's arrangement of We'll Soon Be Done With Troubles And Trials, from their

Ryan Cavanaugh has released the latest single in his Back Country series of modern banjo compositions. Like the others so far, Once Upon A Time In Appalachia was recorded with Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan on bass, Tyson Rogers on keyboard, and