Author: John Lawless

Billy Blue Records has a new music video to share today from Authentic Unlimited, their version of Neil Diamond's Long Gone. Authentic Unlimited has been making waves ever since their founding a year ago, made up of three members of the

Pat Morris, Anysley Porchak, and Lincoln Hensley present check Back at the beginning of December, we shared information about an auction being run on Facebook to sell Sonny Osborne's Stelling Sonflower prototype banjo, as a benefit for the IBMA Trust Fund. This

When Billy Strings took his fiery modern bluegrass show to New Orleans for New Years Eve at the Uno Lakefront Arena, they timed a jam on the song Meet Me At The Creek to coincide with the stroke of midnight.

Mountain Home Music Company has announced plans for the imminent re-release of a bluegrass gospel gem from the label's early days, Clearwaters, by David Marshall. Marshall was the banjo player for his family's band, The Marshall Family, who had a brief

Bill Evans - photo by Mike Melnyk Just before Christmas, we had an opportunity to chat with Bill Evans, one of the recipients of the 2022 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, now administered by The Freshgrass Foundation. The prize was initiated by the

Galax, VA has long been known as a center of bluegrass and old time music. Having hosted the legendary Old Fiddlers Convention each summer for more than eight decades, the city is also home to 98.1 Classic Country radio (WBRF),

Pinecastle Records has a new single today for the King James Boys, the title cut of their current bluegrass gospel project, Walk On Faith. Written by Paula Breedlove, Brad Davis, Keely Shaye, and John Mathis Jr, the song urges believers to read their

Backline, an up-and-coming contemporary bluegrass group from northwestern South Carolina that focuses on original material, has announced that Jason Connor has joined the group on mandolin. Jacob is 28 years of age from Conover, NC, and has experience playing of late

We heard yesterday from John Bowman with an update on his wife, Becky Isaacs Bowman's, medical condition. As regular readers may recall, Becky, part of the popular bluegrass/gospel group, The Isaacs, was seriously injured in an auto accident on December

The 2023 edition of the popular MidWinter Bluegrass Festival, coming up in February in Northglenn, CO, will be the first absent founder and long time organizer, Ken Seaman, who passed away in 2021 after running the event since 1986. Ads