Author: John Lawless

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have released a live performance video for their new single, You're My Family Now, on his current Rebel album, Lonely Comes Easy. It was shot at The Laurel Theater in Knoxville TN. Chris tells us that

Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Mississippi's Breaking Grass to the Virginia-based label. A new single from the band will drop in April, with a full CD of original music (their third) to follow in the Summer. Mark Hodges

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this week, covering Renofest in Hartsville, NC and the live show featuring The Soggy Bottom Boys at the Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine distillery in Gatlinburg, TN.  

Over the weekend, Bobby Osborne posted some memories of the Grand Ole Opry, recalling the day that the Opry officially moved from the Ryman Auditorium downtown to the new Opry House northeast of town. Along the way, he shares what

During 2011 while Béla Fleck was writing his banjo concerto, The Imposter, he was closely tailed by filmmaker Sascha Paladino to capture the process. Entering the realm of the symphony orchestra was something completely new for Fleck, who doesn't read music,

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper are spearheading a benefit concert this weekend for Randy Griffith, father of Flamekeeper bassist Tyler Griffith. Randy, who just turned 52, was diagnosed recently with glioblastoma multiform grade 4 (a brain tumor), and is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy

The Larry Stephenson Band is back in the studio, working on a new Gospel CD. This will be Larry's 5th album of all spiritual music. Larry is recording at the Rec Room Studio in Nashville, with Ben Surratt engineering. His regular

We've written before about Bennett Sullivan, a banjo player plying his trade in New York City, and his fine album of new banjo tunes, Lady Nora. In addition to performing in and around the Big Apple, Bennett is also a successful

Here's the third installment in Bobby Osborne's set of video recollections in celebration of his 50th Anniversary as a member of The Grand Ole Opry. This episode picks up where Bobby left off in volume 2, with him moving from Dayton

Compass Records has created a nice introduction to the upcoming Special Consensus album, Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver, due later this month. It's a video shot in their Nashville studio that mixes music performance clips with band interviews