Author: John Lawless

Yep Roc Records has announced February 10, 2015 as the release date for The Simple Truth, the debut solo project from Jeff Austin following his departure from Yonder Mountain String Band this year. Yonder fans should find a lot to like

A winner has been announced in the Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome Name That Bus contest. The object was - you guessed it - to come up with a name for the band's new blue bus. And the winner is Teresa Jewell of

Ronnie Privette, bluegrass mandolinist and former member of Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, is recovering at home in Kernersville, NC from a relatively mild stroke he suffered last week. When we caught up with him this afternoon, Ronnie told

When a new band finds prominence quickly, it's not uncommon to wonder how they might weather the inevitable personnel swaps that occur in bluegrass. It's especially true for a group that isn't built primarily on the strength of a single

Back in October we posted about the custom Dana Bourgeois guitar being built to honor and benefit Tony Rice. It was designed and built as a Bourgeois interpretation of Tony's priceless 1935 D-28, often called the Clarence While guitar, as it spent

Cindy G's life in bluegrass should may familiar to a lot of folks. She caught fire with the music as a youngster, only to be drawn away by more commercially viable musical a young woman. A life as a professional singer

A Thanksgiving bluegrass baby! Jeremy and Shaylon Chapman had an exciting turkey day yesterday, spending the day at the hospital where their first child, Hadley Addison Chapman, was born. She arrived at 10:15 a.m., weighing 6 lbs, 12 oz, and stretching to 20''

Chris Burton, a bluegrass musician and songwriter from Roanoke, VA, has released a debut single from his upcoming album. It has a timely theme for this season of the year, featuring a familiar voice and sound. That's because while Chris wrote the song and

The following bluegrass Thanksgiving reflection is a contribution from James Reams. It’s All in the Family: Sibling Rivalry Between Bluegrass and Old-Time is Just Part of Being Family Thanksgiving ⎯ it’s not a lukewarm kind of holiday. You either look forward to it

Here's a lighthearted video to get you in a holiday mood... During a holiday concert last weekend at the Joy Theatre in Kings Mountain, NC, Darin & Brooke Aldridge had a special arrangement of a popular song to share with the audience.   Those