Author: John Lawless

Rural Rhythm Records has released a pair of videos shot during the 2011 Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, IN where they are recording a new live album. The project will be a Bill Monroe tribute featuring

Rebel Records has announced August 2 as the release of their first project with Dehlia Low, Ravens & Crows. Dehlia Low is yet another eclectic acoustic group to emerge from the rich cultural scene in western North Carolina. Like so many

Are you one of the many people who enjoy Song Of The Mountains on PBS? If so, you're not alone. The show broadcasts top bluegrass artists, recorded live on stage, through powerful public broadcasting stations in more than 60 US markets.

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen has posted a pair of videos shot by Todd Godbout during the band's performance at last weekend's Stars of the State concert in Falls Church, VA. The show was held as a celebration of the

Donna Ulisse will join Lee Michael Demsey this morning on WAMU's Bluegrass Country to talk her about her new album, An Easy Climb, released earlier this week. Like her previous CDs, it features Donna singing her original compositions, tracked with some

North Carolina singer, songwriter and mandolinist Russell Johnson has a new CD, Anytime Anyplace But Only You. Russell is well-known in bluegrass circles for his lengthy stints with two popular bands, New Vintage and The Grass Cats. Members of both outfits

Jim Lauderdale is back with more of his Tex-Mex flavored, Buck Owens-inflected bluegrass on a new Sugar Hill CD, Reason And Rhyme, due June 21. Again he is paired with songwriting partner Robert Hunter and co-producer Randy Kohrs, who also adds

Nu-Blu is offering a free track download to promote the first single from their upcoming Pinecastle CD, The Blu Disc, due for an August 9 release. The song is a clever response to Dolly Parton's mega-hit, Jolene, which was memorably covered

Here's another bluegrass artist using Kickstarter to help raise funds for a recording project. This time it's Della Mae, based in Boston, who are hoping that fans, friends and interested patrons of the bluegrass arts will pledge a total of $8000

Past attendees, exhibitors or sponsors of the IBMA World Of Bluegrass will have by now received the informational brochure for the 2011 event, scheduled for September 26-29 in Nashville. The brochure details the many events that will occur during the