Author: John Lawless

Most everyone who enjoys bluegrass and old time mandolin is familiar with Mike Compton, from his long career with The Nashville Bluegrass Band or The John Hartford String Band, or perhaps his appearance in the Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where

Corey Zink with Dave Maggard of Sound Biscuit Productions Anyone who follows bluegrass closely is aware that east Tennessee has become a regional hot spot in our music. In fact, it has been for quite some time, even before East Tennessee

The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail has only been active for a decade and a half, but people in the southwestern part of the state have already seen and felt its impact. It's especially true among musicians, artists, and artisans

From Harrison County in West Virginia, comes Blue Steel, a talented young bluegrass band with family connections. It includes a pair of brothers, a married couple, and two good friends, who together play a style of grass that is contemporary

Here's a new book on bluegrass music in our nation's capitol that is likely to turn up under a lot of trees this Christmas, all over the US. Capitol Bluegrass - Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, D.C. was written by award-winning George

The now common term, Black Friday, referring to the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the Christmas shopping season, seems like it has been with us forever, but it actually only dates back to the early 1960s. We

Country Current, the US Navy's only full-time bluegrass and country music act, is looking for a new fiddler to take the spot to be vacated by Senior Chief Pat White, who has been with the group since 1995. The successful

A number of US bluegrass acts have been targeted by an email scam from someone posing as a representative of the Didmarton Bluegrass Festival in the UK. The email looks legitimate at first glance, and the scammers appear to have

ROMP 2020, Owensboro, Kentucky's River Of Music Party, has scored a major coup for the festival next summer. Chris Thile will be bringing his radio program, Live From Here, to broadcast live from the festival stage on June 27. Festival attendees

Here's a first listen to Fast Track, the brand new band everyone in bluegrass is talking about. The group was born when David Parmley recently decided to hang up his traveling shoes, and retire from his touring band, Cardinal Tradition.