Author: John Lawless

Donna Hughes stopped by for a chat at World of Bluegrass to talk about her two new albums, one with a bluegrass rhythm section, From The Heart, and the other, Fly, with Donna on piano and more of a singer/songwriter vibe.   And

Rural Rhythm has released two new titles in their Heritage Collection Series featuring two of the most celebrated fiddlers from the early days of bluegrass. Like the other Heritage reissues, these new releases are offered in both CD and download

Attention young bluegrass bands trying to figure out what is missing in your sound... Have a listen to Leaving This Town, the stellar new release from Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass on Randm Records. If you can generate a small portion

The two album concept is having a good run in 2014, with a number of artists deciding to record and release a pair of CDs at the same time. Not a double album, with two distinct discs, but two separate projects that

Larry Stephenson joined us during World of Bluegrass week in September to talk about his latest release, the all-Gospel album Pull Your Savior In. We ended up reminiscing a bit about his days with The Bluegrass Cardinals a bit as

Bluegrass and folk music fans know Steve Spurgin as a singer and songwriter from the west coast, famous for his work with seminal bands like Byron Berline's Sundance, and with Berline, Dan Crary and John Hickman in California with John

Keeping with the Veterans Day theme, two popular bluegrass groups have made donations this week to veterans groups, based on sales of their music online. Joe Mullins used the occasion of this past weekend's Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival to present

Mark Newton and Steve Thomas chose November 11, Veteran's Day, to release their new single, Great American Hero, written by Mark Brinkman as a tribute to all the people who make sacrifices to help and serve others, regardless of their military

Wisewater is a young acoustic trio who, while their sound isn't specifically bluegrass, has solid roots in the music of Bill Monroe. One is a sort of a legacy artist, as in the heir and scion of a respected icon in the music. Forrest

Here's another new Christmas album for 2014. This one, On A Morning Like This, comes from Callahan, Florida's Harris family and their terrific group, Trinity River Band. The band consists of Mike and Lisa Harris on guitar and bass respectively, and their