• Junior Sisk Week in Rocky Mount

    File this one under local boy makes good... Junior Sisk accepted a major award this week in his hometown of Rocky Mount, VA, where the Town Council have declared this as Junior Sisk Week. The bluegrass balladeer was also presented with

  • Tony Rice fund update

    Since we posted about the Tony Rice Foundation last Friday, we have had a number of questions from readers about this effort to raise money to help the legendary guitarist through a rough time. Several folks have thanked or congratulated us on

  • Tex Logan Christmas Card campaign

    Tex Logan is always in the thoughts of bluegrass fans come Christmas time - even if they don't realize it. In addition to a long career as a fiddler in seminal bands like The Lilly Brothers, Tex is the author of

  • Butch Robins releases Christmas singles

    Former Blue Grass Boy Butch Robins has released a pair of singles for the Christmas season, which he hopes you will make part of your music mix over the holidays. The first is an original Robins composition, Holiday Toast, which features

  • Welcome Kaley Chapman

    Another bluegrass baby! Lee Chapman, bass player with Jerry Butler & the Blu-Jays, and his wife Shasta, are celebrating the birth of a daughter. Kaley Erin Chapman was born on December 10 at 3:26 p.m. in Mooresville, NC. She came in at 6 lbs,

  • Only Me from Rhonda Vincent

    Upper Management Music has announced January 28, 2014 as the release date for Only Me, the next album from Rhonda Vincent. Long time fans know that Rhonda has jumped back and forth between the country and bluegrass markets all her life,

  • Healthcare Dot Gov video

    No one is safe! The Darrell Brothers have learned the basics of videography, and have followed up their Mountain Twerker video with a new one for their latest single, Healthcare Dot Gov. The song traces the issues one good ol' boy

  • Finnders & Youngberg – review

    Last month we wrote about young bands who developed their musicianship in the bluegrass realm, only to apply the instrumental technique and sense of harmony and rhythm to original songs that are equally influenced by modern pop music. The point

  • Donna Ulisse live Christmas show online

    Since the release of her Christmas song cycle album, All The Way To Bethlehem, in November of 2012, Donna Ulisse has been in demand for special performances around the Christmas season. She has done as many as she can this