It seems we all love Christmas music, and we all love our favorite artists, which makes holiday-themed albums from popular artists a recurring part of the Christmas tradition. The latest bluegrasser taking this route is Jeff Parker, whose strong voice and
Author: John Lawless
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More from Grasstowne in Scandinavia
The Grasstowne boys are still tooling around northern Europe, completing a tour of Finland and Norway that concludes this week. They have a few more shows in Norway, and then back across the Atlantic and home. As he has been able,
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Harry Lane passes
Harry Lane, noted boutique banjo builder, and artisan craftsman, passed away early Tuesday morning (7/9) in Savannah, GA after a brief and ultimately terminal battle with brain cancer. He was 72 years of age, born December 1, 1941 as Raymond
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John Miller to do battle with cancer
John Miller has been playing and singing bluegrass since he was old enough to hold a guitar in East Tennessee. Living now in Christiansburg, VA, he's done stints with Bill Emerson, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and Tim & Savannah Finch in
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Bandzoogle acquires Onesheet
Bandzoogle, popular self-service web and domain hosting company, has acquired Onesheet, a similarly-situated company based in San Francisco. While Bandzoogle offers artists and bands the ability to build a web presence with anything from simple, templated web sites up to fully-customized
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Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road to Pinecastle
Pinecastle Records has announced today their signing of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, with a new, self-titled album to hit in September. Just in time for the Raleigh, NC-based band to help welcome the bluegrass world to their hometown for
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Healed coming soon from Locust Ridge
July 30 has been announced as the release date for Healed from Locust Ridge on Rural Rhythm Christian. The members of this East Tennessee quartet are three brothers, Russell, Josh, and Larry Allen, along with close family friend Andy Blalock. These
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New owners at Colorado Case
If you play a stringed instrument - and we know that a large percentage of our readers do - you may already be familiar with the Colorado Case Company. They have been making custom cases, gig bags and case covers
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Tell The Ones I Love in September from the Steeps
Steep Canyon Rangers fans have only two months to wait until their next CD, Tell The Ones I Love, is released on Rounder Records. Using time off from their travels with Steve Martin, the guys headed for Woodstock, NY earlier this
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Laura Ridge assumes leadership of Deep River Management
Deep River Management, a bluegrass-centered agency representing up-and-coming artists, has announced a change in ownership. The firm debuted in August of 2012 as a partnership between John Lockaby and Laura Ridge, and currently offers representation and management services to a










