Author: John Lawless

Melton & Miller Music are starting the new year with a single from banjo player/vocalist Gena Britt, of Sister Sadie. Gena had established herself as a bluegrass pro long before Sister Sadie hit it big. From her home in North Carolina

The big Pickin' For A Purpose concert, scheduled for tomorrow night (January 11) to provide funding for hurricane disaster relief in Greene County, TN, has been rescheduled, postponed for one week because of the snow and ice storm bearing down

Highly-regarded Boston banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld has launched a fundraiser on GoFundMe, asking for assistance as he navigates the costs and difficulties of an aggressive kidney disease, leading up to a transplant. Gabe came to prominence nationally as a member of

Maine's Breakin' Strings has released a song with a theme familiar to anyone who lives along the US east coast. It's another from their upcoming Homegrown album, which has been delayed due to some health issues. It's titled 95, for I-95,

David Foster, a popular dentist practicing just south of Nashville, sold his successful practice to focus his attention on building banjos and mandolins, and doing custom inlay work. That may sound a bit like something concocted for one of Chris

Indiana bluegrass singer and songwriter Carl Bentley and his talented band have a new single on offer, a true story about a mine explosion 43 years ago in Carl's native eastern Kentucky. Carl says that accidents of any kind affect him

South Carolina banjo man Todd Taylor has a new video, his rock 'n' roll five string version of the classic song, Ghost Riders in the Sky. Todd has made a career for himself in this distinct stylistic niche, taking three-finger, roll-style

The short film treatment of the life of legendary old time fiddler G.B. Grayson, Short Life of Trouble: The Legend of G.B. Grayson, has been made available to the public for online viewing. The 2020 project, directed by Kelley St. Germain,

Soulful bluegrass vocalist Greg Blake has a lovely new song to start this new year, a ballad about a West Virginia boy who misses those hills of home. Bluefield Mountain Wind, written by Mark "Brink" Brinkman and David Stewart, unites Blake, a native

Newly signed with Engelhardt Music Group, California bluegrass prodigies Crying Uncle have released a single, I'll Be Here Either Way. This talented young group was originally noticed for their fiery instrumental abilities, but they are also adept songwriters and singers, as