Author: John Lawless

Josh Miller was a familiar presence on the bluegrass scene a decade or so back. He played banjo for NewFound Road from 2009 until they stopped touring regularly a few years later. Before then he had worked with Carrie Hassler

A new two-day bluegrass festival hosted by perennial favorites Blue Highway will debut this fall in southwestern Virginia. Blue Highway Fest will premiere October 7-8 in Big Stone Gap, a small community of less than 6,000 located in Wise County, near

Tina Adair has been riding high these days in the bluegrass world. Her current self-titled album with Engelhardt Music Group has been popular with fans and radio, and she's won rave reviews for her work with Sister Sadie. But for 2022,

Don't worry. No one will look askance if you read this headline and say, "The who's?" The No Joke Jimmy's are a new special project band in Nashville, formed by a couple of former touring pros and a handful of current

With Doyle Lawson's recent retirement from active touring, the bluegrass festival in Denton, NC that has borne his name this past four decades has been rechristened. Last week the management of the Denton Farm Park announced that the Doyle Lawson &

Mountain Fever Records has a new single for bluegrass vocalist Amanda Cook, Another Highway This Time, from Nashville songwriters Thomm Jutz and Mark Fain. Amanda says that this song is deeply personal to her, and her bandmates, coming to them at

Nefesh Mountain debuts on the Grand Ole Opry (12/14/21) - photo by Chris Hollo for the Opry It was back in December of last year, the 14th to be precise, when Nefesh Mountain made their Grand Ole Opry debut. What with

Pinecastle Records has released a new single from The Tim Raybon Band, their first since being rechristened as such after performing as Merle Monroe for several years. Tim grew up singing alongside his brother, Marty, their older brother Ricky, and Kenny,

Kentuckians Ricky Skaggs and Steven Curtis Chapman have organized a benefit concert later this month for those who lost homes and property in the Mayfield, KY tornados on December 10. A total of 76 people lost their lives as more

Alex DePue, the fiddling sensation of The DePue Brothers, died this past Thursday, January 27, as a result of a car accident while he was in Mexico. He was 49 years of age. Alex, and his brothers, performed an interesting mix