Author: John Lawless

We received a note this week from Tim White, host of Song Of The Mountains on PBS, and member of popular Virginia/Tennessee band, The VW Boys. He notes that one of the members of the band has been ill. Dave Vaught

Fresh off their big win at SPBGMA last week, Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice are back in the studio working on their next project for Rebel Records. We have no information on a possible title, or songs to be included,

Mountain Home Records has created a promotional video to introduce American audiences to Kristy Cox, whose Living For The Moment CD is due later this month on their Pisgah Ridge label. Kristy has been a popular bluegrass and acoustic country artist

Randy Cook & Commonwealth is a new bluegrass band based in the Richmond, VA area. The group consists of a pair of  veterans (Randy Cook and Malcolm Pulley) and a couple of young guns (Jason Owen and Lance Seal). They are

Susan Nation took advantage of her one day off during Nation & Blackwell's sixteen-city tour of Ireland to share a report on their trip. "Our tour is going fantastically as we travel around the country. Ireland has a lot of great Performing Arts Centers

In the 1990s, there was a very popular sound in bluegrass featuring smooth male vocals and a polished, contemporary sound. Ronnie Bowman was perhaps the prime exemplar of this style. The projects he recorded, both with Lonesome River Band and

Progressive banjo player Ryan Cavanaugh has released a second single from his new series of bluegrass/fusion series, Back Country. This latest is the title track from the Internet-only project. Featured are Cavanaugh on electric banjo, Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan

Geoff Union, solo recording artist and guitarist with Ragged Union, and his wife Christina, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Aliya Mae Union was born this past Saturday (2/1/14) in Golden, CO. She came in at 6 lbs, 3

During this past weekend's SPBGMA convention in Nashville, High Fidelity was named the winner of their annual International Band Championship. The band consists of Corrina Rose Logston on fiddle, Jeremy Stephens on guitar, Kurt Stephenson on banjo, Vickie Vaughn on bass, and Daniel

Here's a new music video from The Rigneys. It's for Something Old, Something New from their current Dark Shadow release, Double Or Nothing. The song was written by Andrew Rigney, the band's lead vocalist and guitarist, with the assistance of Stephen Mougin,