Author: John Lawless

Folks in southeastern Idaho will have their own bluegrass festival this September, when Bluegrass on the Snake kicks off in Jefferson County. It will be held September 5-7 at the Rigby Rodeo Grounds. The festival is the brainchild of Teresa and

Trey Hensley on the Grand Ole Opry - photo © Chris Hollo, courtesy of the Grand Ole Opry Though he's graced the stage of the Grand Ole Opry dozens of times during his musical career, flatpicker and vocalist Trey Hensley made

A new single just jointly released by Sister Sadie and The Po' Ramblin' Boys is a promotional piece for the new site of the annual IBMA World of Bluegrass convention, to be held this year and for the forseeable future

Robert Weingartz, founder and Chairman of AirPlay Direct, the popular radio servicing company, died in Nashville this past Sunday, June 22, from sudden respiratory distress, a complication of his Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was 61 years of age. According to his

A new book from the University of Mississippi Press, Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling, offers a detailed biography of the early 20th century musician who helped popularize fiddling via commercial recordings. He is credited as being the

We have a new single to share from a couple of young bluegrass artists we've had our eyes on for some time, now teamed up together. It's Lincoln Mash & Heather Alley and their band on a song Heather wrote and

Rudy Fest, the Kentucky mega festival running from June 21-28 on Poppy Mountain in Morehead, held their first annual band competition over this past weekend, which they have dubbed Bull of the Bluegrass. Six bands were invited to the contest, and

Just as Russell Moore is blowing people's minds on tour with Alison Krauss & Union Station, we get a new single, New Cut Road, from his primary outfit. It's as if Russell wanted to remind everyone that IIIrd Tyme Out

The term "Tobacco Road" has been synonymous for nearly 100 years with rural poverty, more or less the country equivalent of "Skid Row." It seems to have come into use following the publication of a popular novel by that name,

The Boston Bluegrass Union has announced today that the popular Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, inactive since 2021, will return to the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, MA in February of 2026. The initial cessation was a result of both the COVID restrictions