Author: John Lawless

The good folks with the Prince Edward Island Bluegrass & Old Time Music Society, who have hosted summer bluegrass festivals in the Canadian Maritimes for 36 years, have announced a new winter event premiering next month. The debut PEI Winter Bluegrass

615 Hideaway Records has announced the signing of noted bluegrass vocalist Jeff Parker and his band to the label. A new recording is expected early in 2023. Parker has had quite a ride in the bluegrass world. A Kentucky native, he

The Barefoot Movement has brought their Covers for a Cause campaign to an end for 2022, in a lovely acoustic version of the 1944 classic, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with the assistance of Bryan Sutton on guitar. Real oldsters

Don't be late! It's time for the annual Becky Buller Ugly Christmas Sweater contest on Facebook. Post a photo of yourself in your best ugly Christmas sweater for a chance to win valuable prizes from Becky and her 2022 contest guests,

Recording King has introduced a new open back banjo for clawhammer players, the Madison RK-0T26 Whyte Laydie model. It has been designed to offer the features old time musicians demand at the lower price point that offshoring allows. The RK-OT26 is

From Finland comes a new single from Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers on Bluelight Records, with an assist from Michael Cleveland on fiddle. It's a new song Syren has written called Across the Rolling Tide in which an older man looks

Olivia Ellen Lloyd is a folk and old time singer and songwriter from West Virginia, plying her trade on the Americana scene in Nashville. She is preparing to release her second album next month, and has a new single just

Bonfire Music has a new Christmas track from Danny Burns, sung as a duet with his wife, Áine, likewise a strong vocalist with an Irish background. It's their version of Nothing But A Child, written and recorded by Steve Earle back

In perhaps the most obvious personnel move in bluegrass history, The Grascals have welcomed back founding member Jamie Johnson on guitar and vocals following the recent departure of Chris Davis. Johnson had been involved with the group going back to their

As Mile Twelve prepares for the release of their third full length, self produced album, they have created a performance video for a second single, a new song written by guitarist Evan Murphy called Johnny Oklahoma. It explores novel territory for