Author: John Lawless

2023 has been a banner year for The Fretliners, a Colorado quartet with an original bluegrass/string band sound. The group won the band competition at both the Telluride and RockyGrass bluegrass festivals in their home state this year, and scored

Addie Levy is a new bluegrass artist on the national scene, having just released her debut single, Blue Mountain. A talented young singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist now living in Nashville, Levy grew up in the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia where

Katie K Wrangles, the booking and management firm run by Katie Kirchner in Michigan, has announced that they will now be representing the duo of Compton & Newberry. That, of course, is mandolin maestro Mike Compton with banjo player and

Jim Lauderdale with The Po' Ramblin' Boys at The Station Inn - photo by Nancy Posey Holy collaboration, Batman! Jim Lauderdale has released a new album written and recorded with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, along with a debut single featuring Del McCoury.

The IBMA Foundation, whose efforts consist of providing for the growth of bluegrass music worldwide through educational, fundraising, and charitable giving, has launched a new program called Friends of the Foundation to invite bluegrass lovers to assist them in their

J.M. Clifford hasn't followed the typical path to bluegrass artist success. The rising singer and songwriter teaches music in his native Brooklyn, NY, at both the elementary school and college level. From a home base in New York City, his

Anthony Howell, 2023 National Banjo Champion at Walnut Valley in Winfield, KS The smoke has cleared from this past weekend's many instrumental competitions at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, and we have a list of this year's winners. These

Katelyn Ingardia, lead singer and primary songwriter for South Carolina's Backline, has a new single this month, a gospel song she wrote with celebrated bluegrass songwriter Paul Breedlove. Ingardia is a very talented vocalist, and songwriter, and this song is

Many congratulations to Jasper Lorentzen, bass player with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and his wife, Sofia, on the birth of their third child. Ruby Janice Lorentzen was born at home on September 15, coming in at 8 lbs, 14 oz, and

Pinecastle Records has a new single from Missouri's Route 3, a compelling song written by guitarist Jason Jordan called Southbound Train. Given the title, you might expect another lonesome heartache, riding the rails type of number, but Southbound Train tells of