Author: John Lawless

North Carolina banjo man Andy Lowe has a new single with Mountain Fever Records, a new version of the ancient murder ballad, Barbry Allen. Lowe spares us the more than a dozen verses that the song has had over the past

Small Fry Fiddle Winner Sawyer Dietrich at the 2023 Twin Lakes National Fiddler Championship The 2023 Twin Lakes National Fiddler Championship was held on July 15 on the courthouse square in Leitchfield, located in Grayson County, Kentucky. The event is held

Jerry Salley, Rick Lang, and Joe Dan Cornett Billy Blue Publishing in Nashville, a division of Daywind Music Group and closely aligned with Billy Blue Records, is continuing its aggressive addition of top bluegrass songwriters to their roster with the signing

Todd Taylor, everyone's favorite rock 'n' roll banjo player, has a new single and video, his take on the monster Mason Williams hit from 1968, Classical Gas. Though he's equally adept at picking bluegrass style, which is how he learned as

South Korean bluegrass group Country GongBang has been selected to receive the International Bluegrass Music Association's 2023 International Band Performance Grant. This annual award is given to an especially promising act from outside the United States to help assist with

Dark Shadow Recording has a new single for Chicago's Henhouse Prowlers, the third from their upcoming debut project with the label. It's a new song, written by Prowlers bassist Jon Goldfine with Rick Lang. An old time country two-step, Subscription To

Kyle Cantrell's new bluegrass radio streaming service, BanjoRadio.com, will officially launch on Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. CDT. The service has actually been running in beta this past few weeks to test all the equipment, and he feels that all

Danny Stewart Jr, a popular bluegrass touring artist, has acquired the Turtle Hill Banjo Company in LaPlata, MD, and will be its new owner/operator. Stewart purchased the company from its founder, long time vintage banjo collector and authority, Dave Schenkman,

One of our favorite young bluegrass acts of recent years has been High Fidelity, based around the husband-and-wife partnership of Jeremey Stephens and Corrina Rose Logston. Having met both of them separately in their teens, before they knew each other,

Bonfire Music Group has a final single release for Danny Burns ahead of his latest album, Promised Land, which is due next month. Danny is an Irish-born singer who has made the transition to the US with his family, where he