Author: John Lawless

Mountain Home Music has a new single for Sideline, set for release this Friday, which involves something of a musical departure for the band. It's a new song written by Ronnie Bowman, Andy Buckner, Joel Shewmake, Just A Guy In A

While most of us were enjoying a day off on December 31 and celebrating the end of a dismal year, West Virginia's Crandall Creek was broadcasting a live concert online. Despite the lockdowns, the band actually had a pretty good year.

Max Flansburg, a bluegrass guitarist from the Finger Lakes region in central New York, has experienced the past year just like everyone else in the world, and in the music business specifically. In normal times, Max plays with the band

Anyone who knows bluegrass knows the name Station Inn. The club and restaurant has been the home for bluegrass in Nashville since its founding in 1974 by a group of pickers who recognized that Music City needed a place for

From British Columbia in western Canada comes Under The Rocks, a young progressive bluegrass band who have been performing together since 2016. They have a new album due in March, with a first single released this week titled This My

Folk Alley has announced that Brad Kolodner will serve as the newest host for their 24/7 radio streaming service, which features a mix of folk, bluegrass, old time, and Americana music. Brad is a well-known banjoist from Baltimore, who performs

Since the death of Tony Rice on Christmas day, the bluegrass and acoustic music world has reacted with a combination of shock and reverence. Rice had been a superstar in the music for so long, that even after his retirement

Bluegrass family band, Williamson Branch, is starting the new year with a debut single from their upcoming double Gospel album, Heritage & Hope, on Pinecastle Records. The project serves up the two themes in the title on separate discs. Hope is

One aspect of the current pandemic on which almost all parties agree, is the fact that young people are faring very badly away from school. Deprived of in-person teaching as well as social interaction, research shows that many students have

Here's another socially-distanced music video from Ralph Schut and his European bluegrass all-stars, making music across the various nations and the many miles during COVID-19 restrictions. We had shared the first two videos they made back in October, featuring Ralph