• The White Water Bluegrass Company

    Each month, the LocalGrass Radio Show tries to bring the show's varied audience of listeners information about a new local band. Sometimes we meet the band in person and arrange for an interview on the show, and sometimes the interview

  • James Kee leaving Newtown

    We've received a couple of missives from NewTown regarding a personnel change within the band. Over the past 5 years NewTown has been fortunate enough to travel the country experiencing some of the finest musical events in the country. Together we

  • Darin & Brooke live – and on the radio

    Darin and Brooke Aldridge have a new CD due to hit November 20 on Mountain Home Music. The title, Live at Red, White and Bluegrass! pretty much gives the game away. It was recorded this past summer at the RW&BG festival Morganton,

  • Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends

    North Carolina fiddler Tim Smith has released a new album, titled simply Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends. Smith has quite a bluegrass pedigree, having worked for three years with The Bluegrass Cardinals, and with five previous solo projects to his credit.

  • April Verch in the studio, and online

    Fiddler and vocalist April Verch has been in the studio this past two weeks, working on a new project expected in April of 2013. She and her band (Cody Walters on bass and banjo, and Hayes Griffin on guitar), have been

  • Helen Highwater rises in Nashville

    A new band is set to hit the scene, combining four Nashville superpickers itching to play together. David Grier is on guitar, Missy Raines on bass, Mike Compton on mandolin, and Shad Cobb on fiddle. They have chosen the clever name

  • Songwriter to Songwriter: Mark Brinkman

    This next installment of David Morris' Songwriter to Songwriter features his discussion with Mark Brinkman during World of Bluegrass in Nashville in September. They talk about the upcoming Rural Rhythm project, God Didn't Choose Sides, which features new songs about the

  • Tom T. Hall recognized by BMI

    Songwriter Tom T. Hall was recognized by Broadcast Music, Inc. as a BMI Icon at its 60th annual BMI Country Awards ceremony held at the company’s premises in Nashville on Tuesday, October 30. Hall’s incredible songwriting career and association with BMI,