Author: John Lawless

Monroeville is half the band it used to be. Over the past three years they've gone from a full, six-piece bluegrass outfit to an acoustic/country power-trio with a grassy edge. Their focus changed gradually since the band first hit in

Popular Knoxville bluegrass radio host Mike Kelly tells us that he has a new show, Sunday Morning in the South, set to debut next Sunday, July 14, on Merle 96.7 FM. The show, which will feature bluegrass Gospel music, is set to

OK... so it's a day late, but the sentiment is still fresh. Our pal Danny "Hootenany" Clark stopped by Leroy Troy's place yesterday and filmed him performing this patriotic medley on clawhammer banjo.   Well played, sir.

Darin & Brooke Aldridge have another new face in the band. In addition to Becky Buller, who came aboard recently to play fiddle and share in the vocals, they have announced that Tyler Collins as their new banjo player. Tyler is

The fine folks with the Old Settler's Music Festival in Austin, Texas sent along this gallery of images from their 2013 event earlier this year. Photgraphers are Ron Baker and John Grubbs.  

If you've caught a Junior Sisk show this past few years, or heard his last two records, you know what a blistering banjo picker he has in Jason Davis. This month, at the age of 23, Davis is seeing his second

Grasstowne is now a few days into their summer tour of Scandinavia. The band is finishing up a week in Finland, and will be heading to Norway later this week. Fearless leader (and mandolinist) Alan Bibey has promised to send us

The International Bluegrass Music Association is advertising an opening in the organization's Nashville office. The position is listed as Technology & Office Systems Manager, which is actually a reconfigured job description based on current staff and task requirements. IBMA Executive Director Nancy

Mandolinist and tenor vocalist Chris Davis has been announced as the newest member of Wildfire. He joins Robert Hale on guitar and lead vocals, Curt Chapman on bass, and Johnny Lewis on banjo. Until just recently Chris had been performing as

It's an embarrassment of riches. You might even say it's not fair. Mountain Faith, the North Carolina bluegrass/Gospel group, whose second album with Pisgah Ridge, Battlefield, was released earlier this year, already boasts of one of the most compelling young  vocalists