Author: John Lawless

Celebrating the release of their first album of new material in the past four years, Lonesome River Band and Mountain Home Music have collaborated on a music video for the title track, Her Love Won't Turn On A Dime. It's a

Ernie Evans, popular Florida performer and festival promoter, is the latest in our bluegrass family to suffer from cancer. Yesterday morning he underwent surgery to remove a pair of tumors that were found in his bladder. It appears that the surgery

After dropping into apparent obscurity this year, and announcing the departure of founding member Jim VanCleve and bass player Jason Moore, Mountain Heart has indicated today that they are back with a renewed focus, and a new album in 2015. Van

The Stevens Family bluegrass band from West Virginia has reached that point which signals the end of their touring career. Like so many other like family groups, it is the point where the younger members are ready to pursue career goals

Punch Brothers are fixin' to come rarin' back in 2015, with a new album and tour announced starting in February. A single track has been released today on video as a tease. It's a grass-pop ballad sure to whet the appetite of

If you've ever  visited or played at The Station Inn, Nashville's iconic bluegrass dive bar, you'd surely recognize the smiling face of Ann Soyars welcoming folks in to enjoy a show. Now after many years as a beacon for Music

IIIrd Tyme Out bass man Blake Johnson has finally been released from the hospital, and is at home regaining his strength after being ill since the end of September. He had been diagnosed with a rare blood infection that had left

January 20, 2015 has been announced as the release date for In Session, the next Mountain Home album from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. It will feature 12 new tracks from the current edition of Quicksilver: Joe Dean on banjo, Josh Swift

As regular readers are well aware, we have chronicled Phil Leadbetter's aggressive battle against non-Hodgkins lymphoma this past few years, from the time of his first diagnosis in 2011, through his successful stem cell surgery in 2012, to the return of

Many readers will recall the work of Aaron Keith Harris, who wrote a number of articles for us during the early days of Bluegrass Today's existence. Aaron is a thoughtful writer who has contributed to other publications on both music and libertarian