Author: John Lawless

Sam Bush and Rodney Dillard at John Hartford Days - photo © Chad Gesser The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY celebrated their initial John Hartford Days earlier this month, with a number of artists performing in

Ohio bluegrass fiddler Larry Leaver died on January 26 with his family by his bedside. He was 77 years of age. Larry was born in May 21, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio. After graduation he served two years in the US Army

With a name like Tidalwave Road, you might expect a group to be from along the Atlantic or Pacific coastline. But no, this contemporary bluegrass quartet comes from Williamsburg in southeastern Kentucky, and they have that hard mountain sound. Ben Parker

Fiddle man and vocalist Jason Carter is stepping away from the Del McCoury Band after 33 years to focus on his soaring solo career. He is also vacating his spot with The Travelin' McCourys, which is the same group, with

Wayne Erbsen has dedicated his whole professional life to playing, teaching, broadcasting, and writing about traditional mountain music. As a professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville, he has taught and performed old time and bluegrass music, hosted Country

Modern bluegrass heroes The Steeldrivers have always been heavy on the blues in their original music, going back to their days with founding member Chris Stapleton, who is now putting his bluesy sound into the country scene. Now they've gone all

DC bluegrass power couple Wally Hughes and Lisa Kay Howard-Hughes, known to many friends as Wallisa, have announced that they are leaving Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike after 11 years touring and recording with the group. Smith so enjoyed the band

Remedy Tree is a young bluegrass band from north Florida who have been turning heads all over the southeastern US this past few years with their fresh sound and strong original material. While their widespread prominence may be new, the

The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University, a part of the Appalachian Studies Department, is on the hunt for an Artist in Residence for the academic year starting in August 2025. ETSU boasts the oldest

The good people who have been running the Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest since 1998 are asking the wider bluegrass and old time music community for help getting things ready for their 2025 event, scheduled for July in Sugar