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
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
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
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
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
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
Bluegrass Worship is the title of a new, bargain-priced 3-CD set from Steve Ivey and Star Song Music. Ivey is a highly-regarded and successful writer and producer who has won most every award available to him in the music business. His
The Violin Shop is a well-established music outlet on Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, owned by Fred Carpenter. He has been a violin/fiddle player for over 42 years and has over 27 years of experience in the violin and
Every once in a while a CD comes along that just stuns me. Just before Thanksgiving the new CD by Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent landed in my mailbox. I had been anticipating this CD ever since Jamie told me
We also heard last week from Fred Carpenter, who runs The Violin Shop in Nashville. He shared some of his plans for IBMA week later this month, which will include their participation during the Grand Masters Fiddle Contest (9/28-29), and
