Author: John Lawless

Great news for Gold Heart fans. After a five year recording drought, the Gold Sisters are back in the studio. Their fourth project will again feature all original music written by Tori, Jocey and Shelby Gold. As always, their dad Trent will

Barry Berrier, whose country-inflected vocals are part of the history of Lost & Found, Summer Wages, and Lonesome River Band, and his wife Tyra are celebrating the birth of their first child. Reagan John Edward Berrier was born on Monday (3/31/14).

New Outlook is set to release In The Shadows, their second album of bluegrass Gospel music, on April 11. The northern Ohio band is based around vocalists Brad and Lori Lambert, husband and wife, co-writers, and New Outlook bandmates. Brad plays the

From the Czech Republic comes Ataman, a new album of guitar and mandolin music, written, arranged, recorded and performed by Ondra Kozák. Kozák is a busy man in the Czech bluegrass scene. He performs with a number of groups, including Fragment, G-Runs

From eastern Canada comes Simply Blue, a new young band of contemporary grassers whose debut album, Tears and Broken Hearts, is due this Spring. The band consists of Jamie Melanson on guitar, Jason Guimond on banjo, Jessy Hebert on bass, and Guy Godin on mandolin.

As more and more folks learn about Tony Rice's health issues, more ways to help are popping up. Though he never was officially an endorser, Tony very publicly used Thomas Vinci strings for many years. He was quick to answer questions

Retirement can be a confounding concept for those of a certain age. Some, fraught with uncertainty as the life change draws near, are apprehensive or even a bit disconcerted by the prospect. Others run towards it with wild abandon, and others

As we approach the 70th anniversary of the original bluegrass band, we find ourselves missing a good many of the pioneers that brought it to life. Many have received flowers while they were living, while others passed before seeing bluegrass

Ashley Lewis is a young singer, songwriter, and mandolinist who is turning heads in Nashville. Still in her mid-twenties, she is already drawing comparisons to the most notable female artists in bluegrass, with powerful expectations for Captivated, her third self-released

Dark Shadow Recordings has released a debut single from Becky Buller's upcoming album, 'Tween Earth and Sky. Becky is a regular member of Darin & Brooke Aldridge, where she is making her mark as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She fills