Author: John Lawless

Another bluegrass baby! Dustin and Emmy Lou Benson are celebrating the birth of their second child, Elijah Scott. He made his appearance yesterday (3/10) at 9:14 a.m. (CDT), weighing in at 7 lbs 11 oz, and stretching to 21.5'' long. Dustin is the

Dark Shadow Recording has released a new performance music video for Becky Buller. It's the song Amos and Sarah, a Civil War story she wrote with Melissa Ames, included on her 'Tween Earth And Sky CD. It's actually a true story about Melissa's

The International Bluegrass Music Association has released a photo of the 2015 graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass. OK... "graduating" may be laying it on a little thick, but these are the folks who completed the organization's annual three-day seminar which seeks to

Hemilright Entertainment, who put on the popular Bluegras Island festival on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in September, have announced a new festival to be held in Raleigh in December. Set to launch in 2016 is A Bluegrass Kinda

Kipper Stitt and Jerry Butler are longtime friends, and bluegrass buddies. They worked together some years ago as members of Pine Mountain Railroad, a Knoxville-based band that found success in bluegrass after acquiring a sponsorship with Tennessee Pride sausage. The band eventually drifted

Typically, when we post about reissue CDs at Bluegrass Today, they involve recordings from the early days, often just now being distributed digitally for the first time. But today we have a pair being reissued after just a couple of years,

Bluegrass and country music followers have known Ronnie Reno in a number of different roles. Those of a certain age may recall him as a young lad, standing on a milk crate to play mandolin and sing with his dad

The folks who produce Bluegrass Underground for public television broadcast are sponsoring a fun Facebook contest for viewers and fans. They are calling it the Bluegrass Underground Bucket List video competition, with the winner getting free passes to attend all

Any large family will tell you that personal space can come at a premium, but can you imagine traveling the highways as a nine piece band, 2 parents and 7 kids? You know it gets tight some of the time. But

Adam and Jake Burrows, collectively known as The Burrows Brothers, have left Lonesome Will Mullins and are now booking shows with their own band. They plan to continue performing the soulful, Stanley-influenced traditional bluegrass music that has been their hallmark