Author: John Lawless

Ralph Stanley II has signed with RBR Entertainment, and completed work on a new project for the label with creative director Billy Droze. We have long felt that II's finest recording to date has been his single album with Lonesome Day

Authentic Unlimited, surely the hottest new commodity in bluegrass music in recent years, has a new single out today from their self-titled debut album with Billy Blue Records. The song is one called Hannah, written and sung by guitarist John Meador,

Popular bluegrass Gospel group The Churchmen have welcome an old friend back into the fold. Their very first fiddler, Christian Gillikin, has returned to the band after taking his leave some years ago. A Virginia Beach native, Christian has been playing

Kristen Leigh Bearfield is a bluegrass and Gospel singer/songwriter from Tennessee, who has been performing this past five years or so with the all-female acoustic Gospel outfit, High Road. A graduate of ETSU with a minor in bluegrass, this talented young

The Lost and Found have a new single releasing tomorrow on Mountain Fever Records. But wait, you may say... hasn't that band been defunct for nearly a decade? Well... it's a long story. To get the skinny, we chatted with Allen

Noted Nashville recording engineer, producer, and studio owner Bil VornDick died on Tuesday, July 5 after a very short battle with cancer. Bil had received his diagnosis only a few days before he passed at 72 years of age. It isn't a

As promised, last Saturday night (July 2) saw Chris Jones & The Night Drivers make their debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Chris said that they felt right at home backstage, meeting up with so many people they

Bell Buckle Records has released a debut single for Pam Setser, taken from her upcoming album with the label called Now. Pam hails from Mountain View, AR, and has been playing and singing since she was just a wee lass. She

The Family Sowell has released a music video for their current single, Building Walls, written by Abigail and Joshua Sowell, who play fiddle and guitar respectively in the family band. Joshua tells us that it's about the remoteness we all experienced

Welcome Tall Poppy String Band, a newly-formed old time trio consisting of banjo player Cameron DeWhitt in Portland, OR; fiddler George Jackson in Nashville; and guitarist Mark Harris in Fort Collins, CO. Fresh off a tour of the Pacific northwest