Author: John Lawless

Here's a video recently received by Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. It came from one of their fans in Rome, Dodo Versino, who taught his mixed choir the band's arrangement of We'll Soon Be Done With Troubles And Trials, from their

Ryan Cavanaugh has released the latest single in his Back Country series of modern banjo compositions. Like the others so far, Once Upon A Time In Appalachia was recorded with Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan on bass, Tyson Rogers on keyboard, and

Young Liam Purcell was the recipient of a music scholarship from the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation's Play It Forward program, allowing him to attend the Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy during last weekend's Five String Fest in North Carolina. Liam lives in nearby Deep

We have learned that Ray Davis, long time afternoon host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, is being treated for cancer. Ray retired from radio in 2013, after spending 65 years of his life broadcasting in the DC market, 28 of them

High Ground, a contemporary bluegrass band in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, is on the hunt for a new rhythm guitarists and vocalist. Larry Taylor, who is a founding member, is leaving the group after ten years. The guys have released four albums

Sugar Hill has released a video sampler for Bryan Sutton's latest CD, Into My Own. It was shot during his album release party last month at Carter Fine Guitars in Nashville with many of the artists who performed on the

Detour really shook up the bluegrass world in 2012 with the release of A Better Place, the Michigan band's third album. It was remarkable for the introduction of a new voice and sound in the person of Missy Armstrong, the

From Scranton, Pennsylvania comes a traditional bluegrass band that call themselves Coal Town Rounders. They refer to their scrappy, minimalist sound as Blacklung Bluegrass. Numero Uno is the clever title of their debut album, released earlier this month. It's a seven track

Jordan Laney wrote earlier this week about the youth focus of last weekend's HoustonFest in Galax, VA. Here is some video proof of why it's important to support and nourish young grassers. This video shows 3 sets of teen bluegrass siblings

The 2014 FreshGrass festival, held on the campus of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, will again host their FreshGrass Awards during the weekend of September 18-21. Cash awards and free recording time will be offered in three categories: