Author: John Lawless

Mountain Fever Records has released a second single from their next album with Amanda Cook, recorded with her touring band. A Florida native, Amanda now lives in southwestern Virginia where she serves as the manager of Mountain Fever, as well as

Ed Leonard, Bob Minner, and Jerry Salley at Billy Blue Records Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bob Minner has been announced as the newest signee with Billy Blue Records. Minner, who is a first rate picker on banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, served as

Bluegrass Ridge, the half hour television program that broadcasts bluegrass music videos into the homes of millions every week, has added a new feature for viewers who want to hear the songs from the show after it is over. Hosted by

A new song from Sideline? I thought they broke up last year! Well... they did stop touring, but the band does still play the odd show. And as Mountain Home Music was still interested in their sound, the label had them

Fresh off her recent signing with ATS Records, Olivia Jo has a brand new single, her version of Harley Allen's High Sierras, sung with Rhonda Vincent. The young southwest Virginia native grew up on bluegrass music, thanks to her dad's love

Photos of Elmer Burchett © Ted Lehmann Noted Kentucky banjo player and lifelong bluegrass sideman Elmer Burchett has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Bluegrass lovers know his work from touring and recording with Ronnie Bowman, Dale Ann Bradley, Don Rigsby, Gary Brewer,

With the recent departure of banjo picker Landon Fitzpatrick from Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Ralph has brought Alex Leach back into the band, who had spent several good years with him previously. Landon is moving back to

CMH Records has made a digital version of another of their classic bluegrass recordings available online, this time an LP from almost 50 years ago from Benny Martin, one of the largest personalities in bluegrass and country music. It's his Turkey

Bayla Davis, the 16 year old banjo player with North Carolina's Newfound Gap, has been awarded a 2023-'24 Learning and Media Lab Fellowship by From The Top, an association dedicated to fostering and promoting talented young musical artists. From The

Wisconsin's Armchair Boogie brings another taste of their independent newgrass sound to the fore with today's release of a new single, Livin'. It's a track from their upcoming album, Hard Times & Deadlines, due next month. The song comes from banjo