Author: John Lawless

The newest episode of The Cavern Sessions on PBS affiliates all over the US is available today, featuring a live set from The Steeldrivers. To tempt everyone to tune in, the producers have shared this clip from the show with the

We have more news today about changes with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run. The band has been on a tear this past five years since emerging from the Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery in east Tennessee, where they performed in their earliest

North Carolina's Asheville Mountain Boys have a big month planned. They have a new single to share, Flood of 1916, and are gearing up for a barnstorming 12-show tour of Japan. First, the music. Flood of 1916 tells of a tragedy

The 2025 Josie Music Awards were held at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on November 2, the largest and most prestigious awards within the independent music industry. When the names were all read, Carolina Bluegrass Style, from Columbia, SC,

Perennial bluegrass hitmakers Volume Five have a new single release with Mountain Fever Records, the title track of their current album, Leave A Light On. As with everything they record, it's a thoughtful song, this time a ballad written by Grayson

Most serious fans and students of Appalachian music are familiar with the phenomenon known as "The Bristol Sessions," a series of seminal recordings that first captured artists in the Blue Ridge region. These occurred when Ralph Peer brought remote recording

Tyler Griffith, bass player with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, has announced that he will be leaving his position with the band. Griffith has been in music most of his life, growing up around his family's bluegrass group. He's proficient on

But not completely. The venerable Deer Creek Fiddlers' Convention, held for 54 years by Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster, MD, has announced a fall virtual competition in addition to its May in-person event. The virtual convention will be held in

Bluegrass artist and Bell Buckle Records owner Valerie Smith has a new single with the assonant title, What'll I Do If I Don't Have You. This one was written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee, a plaintive ballad that asks the

Chris Jones, peripatetic world traveler, radio host, and regular columnist here at Bluegrass Today, has been on tour in Europe with Paolo Ercoli this past few weeks, set to return home at the end of this one. But it seems that