Author: John Lawless

Oops... In yesterday's post about Donna Ulisse's new songwriting weekends, I suggested that we didn't have a chance to speak with her during September's World of Bluegrass. But of course we did! She and David Morris had a nice chat

Leftover Salmon is offering fans a free listen to their upcoming album, High Country, one track a day over the next 12 days (Nov 10-21). Each track will be available for listening for 24 hours (starting today), and will be

It looks like a big year for bluegrass Christmas music, with several artists releasing new project for the holidays. The latest to announce is The Roys, whose Bluegrass Kinda Christmas is set for a November 18 release on Rural Rhythm Records.

I didn't get to chat with Donna Ulisse this year at the World of Bluegrass as I often do, though she has recently shared some news with us about a venture she is launching in 2015. She is calling it Songwriting Escape, her name for

Terry Baucom stepped in to our video studio about a month ago to talk about his new band, The Dukes of Drive, and their plans for 2015.  

Mountain Fever Records has released a first single from Voices, the upcoming project from Volume Five, due to hit in January 2015. The song is Crazy Night, written by former member Jeff Partin, and marks quite a departure from common bluegrass

Two of the most celebrated artists in the vicinity of bluegrass music - with two of the coolest names - Noam Pikelny and Aoife O'Donovan, are winding up a duo tour over the next week across the Midwest. To help promote

Huber Banjos, whose Truetone series has been patterned after vintage prewar instruments, has introduced a model styled after the classic Bow Tie banjo introduced when widespread production resumed after WWII. In this case, it's The Classic 58, what most connoisseurs view as the definitive

Steve Gulley and Rural Rhythm Records have released a debut single from Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle. It's a barnburner of a song that he wrote with Tim Stafford about escaping a relationship with a mentally unbalanced partner, called Leaving

It looks like James King, one of the biggest hearted people in bluegrass music, is going to require help from his fans and friends to battle through his current health crisis. Over a brief hospitalization this past weekend in Roanoke, VA, he