Author: John Lawless

Mountain Fever Records has released a single today from its upcoming 20th Anniversary project from Darrell Webb. The theme of the album, produced by Jim VanCleve, is reuniting Webb with the many artists with whom he has toured and recorded over

We heard this morning from our friend Tim White, host of the PBS television series Song Of The Mountains, with some sad news about an iconic bluegrass performer from southwestern Virginia. "Larry McPeak of the legendary McPeak Brothers and original member

The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet has announced that guitarist and vocalist Kevin Williamson is leaving the band at the end of the year. The Quartet works a very busy schedule, and Kevin has a young family at home. He also works

Steve Dilling, who has spent the past 21 years playing banjo with Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, told the band this past weekend that he wants to give up the road life, and handed in his notice. The band typically

Nominees have been announced for the 35th Annual Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards, to be held later this month at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, ON (2 hours north of Toronto). Voting for nominees and winners is limited to members of the

We've learned that Danny Paisley suffered a pair of heart attacks over this past two weeks, and is now awaiting word from his physician about how to treat the blockages that were discovered in his arteries. Danny told us this morning

John Green, bass player with Jim & Valerie Gabehart, is hospitalized in the Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV after suffering a heart attack on Friday night. Green, who formerly played with Lonesome River Band, is known to friends

Here is Gina Proulx’s final photo gallery from the 2013 Festy, featuring the festival's gracious hosts, The Infamous Stringdusters, including a few of the 'Dusters jamming with legendary guitarist John Scofield.  

The 2013 West Virginia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled for November 16, 2023 at Charleston's Culture Center Theater. This fifth class of inductees contains three artists beloved by bluegrass fans: The Goins Brothers, and Tim O'Brien. Melvin Goins has

Zak McConnell, founder of The Fiddleheads, a Georgia-based progressive string band, passed away suddenly earlier this week. He was 26 years old, and died on Tuesday (October 29) from what is believed to have been a heart problem. A heart