Tag: Andy Leftwich

Uneven Road – Mark Houser

| February 14, 2013 | 1 Comment
houser_th

Singer-songwriter Mark Houser has bluegrass running through his veins. As Lester Flatt’s cousin, it’s no surprise that he has spent his whole life listening to bluegrass music. Though he has previously recorded a country album and written several songs which have been recorded by bluegrass [...]

more

All the Way to Bethlehem – Donna Ulisse

| December 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
bethlehem_th

With Christmas quickly approaching, many artists have begun releasing albums full of traditional Christmas tunes. In the bluegrass world, that often consists of such classics as Christmas Time’s a Comin’ or Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, in addition to popular modern songs like White Christmas. Donna [...]

more

The Farthest Horizon – Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

| November 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
sleepy-th

One of the chief rules of stage performance, going back to the vaudeville days, is that you never want to follow an animal or a kid act. We don’t get many animal acts in bluegrass, but cute kids have been a staple since the earliest [...]

more

River Of Regret from Mark Houser

| August 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
houser_th

Rural Rhythm Records has released a first single from Uneven Road, due September 11 from singer/songwriter Mark Houser. Mark has been writing long enough to have more than 80 cuts by artists in the bluegrass, country, pop and Christian markets. Three of his songs have [...]

more

Bluegrass artists prominent among 2012 ICMA nominees

| July 31, 2012 | 0 Comments
icma

2012 nominees for the Inspirational Country Music Awards have been announced, and are rife with familiar names for bluegrass fans. The annual awards are distributed by the Christian Country Music Association, with winners to be announced during ICM week in Nashville this October. Rhonda Vincent [...]

more

Mark Twain – Words & Music

| December 12, 2011 | 0 Comments
Mark Twain Word & Music

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), was an American author and humorist better known by his pen-name Mark Twain. He is best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published in 1876) and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), [...]

more

Merry Christmas from Donna Ulisse

| November 11, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yeah, yeah… it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. But things move fast these days, and Donna Ulisse is out with a pair of original Christmas tracks to help you celebrate in bluegrass/acoustic style. And we do mean move fast. These songs were written just a few [...]

more

Donna Ulisse studio video

| June 28, 2011 | 0 Comments

Donna Ulisse has released a music video for the song Her Heart Is A Stone Hard Ground, the first from her new album, An Easy Climb. They shot it the same day they recorded the track, right there at Ocean Way Nashville. Craig Havighurst of [...]

more

Brothership from Three Ring Circle

| April 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

Rob Ickes, Andy Leftwich and Dave Pomeroy are back with a second project from their acoustic trio, Three Ring Circle. All three of them are accomplished Nashville musicians. Ickes holds down the reso chair in Blue Highway, Leftwich play fiddle for Ricky Skaggs, and Pomeroy [...]

more

The Roys – Coal Minin’ Man

| January 5, 2011 | 0 Comments

Rural Rhythm has released a first single for the upcoming album, Lonesome Whistle, from The Roys. The song, Coal Minin’ Man, features Lee and Elaine Roy, a brother/sister duet and songwriting team who also produced the new project with help from Andy Leftwich. Assisting on [...]

more