Author: John Lawless

The Holy Grail of the acoustic stringed instrument world, a 1924 Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolin, made an appearance on the popular PBS television program, Antiques Road Show this week. Frederick Oster with Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia is right on target

Freeman & Williams... that sounds like a new duet act, or maybe an ad agency, or legal firm. But it's actually a bluegrass/Americana trio with a new CD set to hit February 7 on Mountain Roads Recordings. The group consists of

Mountain Home Music has announced that The Grascals have signed with the label, with a new CD due this Spring. They have released this brief video to commemorate the announcement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K-xEzuiJSI Look for more details shortly.

Mountain Heart has released video of newest member Seth Taylor's first shows with the band. The barely-legal guitarist has just joined up after a stint with Monroeville while still in school. The guys captured footage on stage and behind the scenes as

Lonesome River Band has dropped a debut single from the first volume of their 30th anniversary project, Chronology. The album will be released in three volumes by Rural Rhythm, each in an 8-song EP format covering one decade of the band's

Kentucky's Cumberland River has profited handsomely from their close association with Justified, the FX network's popular television crime drama. The show is a modern-day western, set in notorious Harlan County, the band's hometown, and they had the opportunity to perform

We all recall the localized devastation of communities along the US coast of the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon oil rig in April 2010, and the resulting discharge of nearly 5 million barrels of

A first single has been released to radio from the upcoming Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie project, The Touch Of Time. The album hits January 31 on Rural Rhythm, but radio programmers can download the single, My Baby Thinks He's A Train,

Speaking yesterday with Sammy Shelor, he mentioned that the first of three planned 8-song EPs from Lonesome River Band is set for a February 28 release on Rural Rhythm. This retrospective of the band's 30 years together will be titled Chronology,

What are you doing for Earl Scruggs' birthday on Friday? Earl turns 88 on January 6, and banjo players worldwide will bow towards Flint Hill, NC to pay homage to the man who brought 3 finger, bluegrass-style banjo to the forefront