Author: John Lawless

Phil Leadbetter, reso-guitarist and bluegrass businessman, died today after surviving five bouts with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, taken down finally by COVID-19. He was 59 years of age. He began playing the Dobro-style guitar as a teenager in his native Knoxville, TN. A

Nick Chandler, bluegrass singer and mandolinist from western North Carolina, and fearless leader of Pinecastle recording artists Nick Chandler & Delivered, is in the hospital this week being treated for blood clots in his lungs. Chandler recently went through a bout

Most folks in bluegrass know Anthony Howell as the talented young banjo picker with Williamson Branch, where he is also called upon to play guitar and mandolin on occasion. But you may not know that he is also a gifted

Béla Fleck has released a live music video for another of the tracks for his current project, My Bluegrass Heart, a double album primarily consisting if his new compositions in a more bluegrass vein. The two-disc set finds him in

A highly rare, triple autographed edition of Still Inside - The Tony Rice Story, is being auctioned this month to raise funds to help Tony and Pam's granddaughter, Parker Mozingo. The book is signed by Tony, and by the authors, Tim

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has released another single from their upcoming album for Norman Blake, truly a living legend in bluegrass, old time, and traditional string music. Now 83 years of age, Blake has been performing as a guitarist, songwriter, vocalist,

The Po' Ramblin' Boys join Dreamcatcher in remembering Frosty at Jenny Brook - photo by String River Studios The is past weekend's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Mini-Fest included an emotional remembrance of Aaron "Frosty" Foster, who passed away suddenly this February. Frosty

There's a lesson in the genesis of Prairie Wildfire, a group of young ladies from Buffalo, Wyoming who discovered bluegrass music and have embarked on a performing career over the past six years. And that is the importance of inviting people,

Pinecastle recording artists Nick Chandler & Delivered have welcomed a new banjo player into the group. His name is Zack McCracken, a native of Bristol, TN. Zach is a graduate of the bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University, and

Bonfire Music has dropped a second single from their upcoming project with Andrew Crawford, The Lonesome Season, set for a November 19 release. Andrew is a relative newcomer to bluegrass music, at least in the profession al sense, though he has