• GoFundMe campaign for Blake Johnson

    Blake Johnson, the talented bass player and vocalist for Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, has been having a rough time of late. Health challenges are always disruptive and unpleasant, but we don't often expect to see them visited on healthy

  • Brown County Red from IIIrd Tyme Out

    IIIrd Tyme Out has released a debut single from their upcoming 2015 album, their first of new songs since 2011. We had a nice chat with lead singer and guitarist Russell Moore last week, and he shared his thoughts about the song,

  • Blake Johnson back in the hospital

    IIIrd Tyme Out bass player and vocalist Blake Johnson is back in the hospital, but this time from an abundance of caution. Fans may recall that he spent several weeks there last year, suffering from a somewhat mysterious malady that

  • Thursday at Palatka 2015

    It was a sunny, bright, and chilly day to open 11th Palatka Bluegrass Festival on February 19th at the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch in Palatka, Florida. The bands played to a big and enthusiastic crowd. Alan Sibley and the Magnolia Ramblers opened

  • Blake Johnson back at home

    IIIrd Tyme Out bass man Blake Johnson has finally been released from the hospital, and is at home regaining his strength after being ill since the end of September. He had been diagnosed with a rare blood infection that had left

  • Day 1 at SOIMF, Fall ’14

    Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers kicked off the November edition of the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. New member, fiddler Jason Barie, made his debut. Ralph Stanley II then brought the signature “Stanley” sound to the stage. Russell Moore wowed

  • Russell Moore talks IIIrd Tyme Out

    During last week's World of Bluegrass convention and Wide Open Bluegrass festival, we had the chance to speak with several dozen top artists and songwriters about their careers and recent projects. One of those was Russell Moore, who talked about