Author: John Lawless

Well, it's the new year. A time for evaluating and making changes for the best, pace Chris Jones. January does seem to fill us all with zeal for improving our lives and how we live them, and Bluegrass Today is not immune to

One of the most enduring and chilling images from the successful 2000 film, O Brother, Where Art Thou, was the Klan rally scene that featured the Grand Kleagle singing an a cappella version of O Death in the voice of Ralph Stanley. It

The Darrell Webb Band has brought Brandon Green on to play banjo. He did his first weekend recently on a tour through Kentucky. Green is on the faculty of the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee

Following the loss of two founding members at the end of 2013, American Drive has announced today the addition of Adam McIntosh on guitar and Shayne Bartley on banjo. Both are veteran bluegrass performers and are proud to become part of

Quick response from Skaggs Family Records with regard to a new banjo player for Kentucky Thunder... We are told that Justin Moses will perform with the band through the end of January, and that Cory Walker will then take over temporarily

Justin Moses, who has been playing banjo and occasional reso-guitar with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder since Spring of 2010, has announced that he is leaving the group. But he won't be moving away from bluegrass. Justin just wants more flexibility

Megan Lynch Chowning has done a great service for folks who run the fiddle contest circuit every year - and people who simply enjoy attending. She has compiled a master list of the many competitions held each year, searchable by

Dark Shadow Recording has announced the signing of Becky Buller to the label. A prominent singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Buller is currently working with Darin & Brooke Aldridge as fiddler and vocalist. Becky is one of those artists whose work you

Five promoters of prominent bluegrass festivals have banded together in a new venture to jointly market and publicize their events. Together they will function as Bluegrass Circle Promotions. Involved are Cory Hemilright (Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival), Lorraine Jordan (Bluegrass Christmas In the Smokies), John

Poor Mountain Records has released a first single from Harvesting The Tradition, their first project with longstanding Pennsylvania band Remington Ryde. The song is Grandpa Was My Guide, written by Ryde guitarist Ryan Frankhouser. His own grandfather was the subject of this loving