• Goodbye Caroline from Monroeville

    Monroeville has released a new video, taken from a live performance of Goodbye Caroline at Nashville's Hard Rock Cafe. The song was co-written by Monroeville guitarist Eli Johnson and Blake Grisham, and the video was shot and edited by Sammy Passamano. Mandolinist Matt

  • Monroeville does Bristol

    From all accounts, the charming young lads from Monroeville did bluegrass proud yesterday at the venerable Bristol Motor Speedway, where they performed the National Anthem prior to the Ford EcoBoost 300/Widow Wax 125 race. Rhonda Vincent, who was also involved in Saturday's

  • Monroeville at Bristol

    Monroeville will perform next weekend before the biggest crowd of their young careers. The Tennessee sextet has been selected to sing the National Anthem before the Ford EcoBoost 300/Widow Wax 125 at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 17. After

  • Aieieee! ROMPSQUATCH

    The guys in Monroeville have put together a clever video to promote the International Bluegrass Music Museum's annual ROMP festival in Owensboro, KY, the original home of the IBMA. It details their hunt in the Kentucky hills for the elusive ROMPSQUATCH. Funny

  • Impromtu video from Monroeville

    And speaking of Monroeville... The guys have released a live video highlighting their newest member, Eli Johnston. In so doing, they also demonstrate that fears about the future of traditional bluegrass music are both ignorant and unfounded. These six talented young men,

  • Eli Johnston to Monroeville

    Monroeville has brought multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Eli Johnston into the band. He will take the guitar position vacated by Seth Taylor, but given the band's versatility across the bluegrass instruments, they expect that Eli will be utilized in other

  • And A Little Child Shall Lead Them?

    My wife and I recently held a bluegrass festival, Gabefest, and among the bands we booked was a newer group of talented young musicians, Monroeville. One of the reasons we chose them was the fact that we knew they had performed

  • Monroeville teases new video

    Those clever young lads in Monroeville have created a pre-release tease for their upcoming debut music video. This talented bunch offers a textbook example of how to launch a new venture. They have invested every bit as much time and treasure

  • Stolen mandolin alert

    Matt Flake of Monroeville was the victim of a home robbery over the weekend. His 1989 Gibson F5-L mandolin was among the items stolen. This mandolin has a Fishman pickup, abalone inlay, abalone dots in the neck, and is signed on