Author: John Lawless

Josh Woods has been announced as the new banjo player with Kim Robins & 40 Years Late. He lives in Indianapolis and grew up on the music of The Boys From Indiana. Robins released her first CD, 40 Years Late, earlier this

Bluegrass fans having been awaiting Never Thought Of Looking Back, banjo man Terry Baucom's second solo project, for some time. A debut single, What'll I Do, was released in March, and has spent several weeks at or near the top of our

The many winners at the 2013 Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, VA have been posted online. They were actually announced in the wee hours of Sunday morning, at roughly 2:00 a.m., but are now available for all to see. This annual

After having to cut short her set on Thursday in Henderson, KY after falling ill, Rhonda Vincent was back on the bus yesterday. She made it for their show last night in Ohio, and says that she and the band

The Deadly Gentlemen shot a live video of All The Broken Pieces from their new CD, Roll Me, Tumble Me, for Second Story Garage while they were in Boulder, CO last week. Check it out.  

Don't bring up religion or politics in polite company. That's what they always say. But Tennessee bluegrass singer/songwriter Mickey Boles is breaking both those rules in his new song, Music Politics. It examines the eternal question of who makes it in the

Go ahead... insert your favorite banjo jokes here. Those of us blessed with an affinity for the five string understand banjo envy when we see it, and that the mind of a banjo picker is one that masters detail and

Back in June, we reported the shocking story of singer/songwriter David Via being randomly attacked at a concert in Burke, NC. The man, believed to have been under the influence of "bath salts," a synthetic street drug, drove himself into Via,

Rebel Records has released a new single to radio from The Story Of The Day I Died, the current CD by Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice. The song is If The Bottle Was A Bible, written by Ronnie Bowman, Clint Daniels and

To help promote his latest CD release, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1, Chris Thile was featured on Monday night's PBS Newshour. There he spoke with Jeffrey Brown about his love for Bach, the mandolin, and taking the instrument to new