Author: John Lawless

The Del McCoury Band released a music video for Streets of Baltimore a few weeks ago, and it somehow escaped our attention. It's the title cut from their newest record, a Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard song that was a hit

Gabriel Communications will debut its latest set of Country's Family Reunion programs, Simply Bluegrass, this week on RFD-TV. Produced by Larry Black, host of Larry's Country Diner, it follows his familiar Reunion concept: gather up a room full of top

Banjo players take note! Tony Trischka will be a guest on today's (3/5) On Point, syndicated on public radio stations from WBUR 90.9 at Boston University in Massachusetts. He'll be on the show to chat with host Tom Ashbrook about his

The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, fronted by long time Gentlemen bassist Bill Yates, has announced Larry Kirk as their new bass player. Larry will also share in vocal duties with the band. Bill no longer plays bass on stage, serving as MC

The folks at Bluegrass On The Plains, held in Auburn, AL in late May, have come up with a clever variation on the storied festival band competition. Aping the popular Fox program, their contest will be billed as Bluegrass Idol,

New Leaf Publishing Group in Green Forest, AR has announced a May 15, 2014 release for You Don't Cry Out Loud - the Lily Isaacs Story, an autobiography. Lily is the matriarch of the enormously popular bluegrass gospel family, The Isaacs,

Wyatt Rice has been working as a professional musician since he joined older brother Tony's band in the late 1970s. He's a master of what has come to be known as the "Rice style" of lead and rhythm guitar, as one

The Rigneys have released a second video from their Dark Shadow Recording album, Double Or Nothing. This time it's Bridges, written by Elizabeth Shrum, Jeff Hyde and Becky Buller. The performance was filmed before a live audience at the South Jackson Civic Center

Two more friends of Tom Henderson have chimed in to recall his tremendous contributions to bluegrass music in central Florida since we reported his passing last week. His good friend and radio cohost, Cricket Larson, shared these details about funeral arrangements.

Feller & Hill have announced the imminent release of their second album, Here Comes Feller & Hill... Again, due later this month from Blue Circle Records. The record once again combines their passion for traditional bluegrass, flavored by '60s-style twang country.