Author: John Lawless

Having comedian, actor, and author Steve Martin a part of the bluegrass scene has been a big win for everyone this past few years. His participation has brought tons of attention to the music, elevated The Steep Canyon Rangers to

One is given to wonder what or who is responsible when an artist on the rise makes a huge leap forward from one recording to the next, such as we see on Raining In Baltimore from Kim Robins, set for

The 2017 Acoustic Music Week with Steve Gulley and Friends is set to start this weekend on the campus of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN, with lessons and workshops offered for guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, bass, singing, and

The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Hebron, CT has announced the finalists for their 2017 Songwriters Competition. Entrants are judged in three rounds of competition. In the first round, all submitted songs are considered by a panel of professionals, who determine

The Bluegrass On The Plains festival has been among the fastest-growing weekend music events in our industry. Launched in 2011, it had reached full capacity at the University Station RV Resort in Auburn, AL by 2014, a year after receiving

Mountain Fever Records didn't waste any time getting something to air from their newest artist, Amanda Cook. Little more than a month from her signing, and they have a new single to radio. It's the first track to release from her

Murphy Henry has been creating instructional video for bluegrass players for so long with her Murphy Method, that she's had to circle back around and re-shoot some of the early lessons to keep up with the expectations of contemporary students. Since

Popular bluegrass singer and songwriter Shannon Slaughter has a new project set for a November release, and a tease video to give fans a taste of some of the material a few months out. The album will be entitled Never Standing

On Saturday July 8, Jessie Baker, banjo player with Dailey & Vincent, was married to Gabrielle Bowers in Indianapolis, where both of them grew up. The two have been dating this past dozen years since they first met at Bean Blossom

Balsam Range was so thankful upon seeing their song, Something 'Bout That Suitcase, hit #1 on our Bluegrass Today Monthly Airplay Chart last week that they decided to create a special video as a show of gratitude. They asked fans to