Tag: Barry Bales
New single from Mark Houser
Mark Houser is releasing a new single to radio on Tuesday. It’s the title track to his 2012 Rural Rhythm album, Uneven Road, which we reviewed earlier this year. This appealing singer and songwriter is supported here by A-list pickers. Cory Walker played banjo, Barry [...]
Pikelny & Friends: This Ain’t A Hobby
In the bottom of Shriners’ Old National Centre in Indianapolis, IN, a packed house was anxiously awaiting “the one and only second performance” of a band they’d never heard. Noam Pikelny with his friends Ronnie McCoury, Luke Bulla, Barry Bales, and Bryan Sutton took the [...]
Uneven Road – Mark Houser
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 [...]
Noam Pikelny announces 2013 tour
Noam Pikelny, banjo player with Punch Brothers, is set to use some downtime with the band this year to tour in support of his 2011 solo project, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail. The record had been nominated for a Grammy in the Best [...]
New IIIrd Tyme Out CD in January from Cracker Barrel
We have learned that the next CD from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, due January 7, 2013, will be produced in association with Cracker Barrel. Like other recording projects with Cracker Barrel, this new album will be available exclusively from the popular restaurant chain’s [...]
Tim Shelton taking a new direction
During last weekend’s Pickin’ In The Panhandle festival in West Virginia, we spoke with NewFound Road front man Tim Shelton about his next recording project. As Tim tells it, the record will find him stepping outside the bluegrass realm, exploring another side of his artistry. [...]
River Of Regret from Mark Houser
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 [...]
Album of the Week #25 – Alison Krauss & Union Station’s New Favorite
What’s more American than Alison Krauss & Union Station on the 4th of July? Unless you’re eating apple pie with a Cincinnati Reds game on the radio, while watching fireworks light up the sky… not much. Let’s face it: no other bluegrass artist in the [...]
AKUS to mark Simpsons quincentenary episode
Bluegrass music… it’s a powerful thing! Earlier this week we were talking about pop chanteuse Adele and her fondness for bluegrass music, and now there’s word that animated dynamo The Simpsons has called on Alison Krauss & Union Station to provide the music for their [...]
The Barry Bales podcast
Did you know that Barry Bales has his own audio podcast? Well he does. The bass player for Alison Krauss & Union Station, in-demand Nashville session player, and notable bluegrass producer has set out to publish a new solo podcast each week. In truth, he has [...]
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