Established 45 years ago, Grass Strings, a central North Carolina-based bluegrass band, has released a new project entitled Lonesome Moon. Recorded at Greg Luck’s studio in Mt. Gilead, NC, the CD premieres on Luck's new label, Riverside Music Co. The
Ray Edwards has created a performance video for his current single, Wanda Lou, one of 12 tracks on his Golden Anniversary Celebration album on Pinecastle. The song is a true story about Ray's wife, which he wrote as a tribute to
Outstanding, veteran upright and electric bass player Doug Campbell, most recently a member of Ray Edwards & Hard Rock Mountain, passed away on December 22, 2018. He was 62 years old and had been performing in bluegrass bands since he was
Just when you may have thought you had heard every permutation of the country name song titles in bluegrass, Ray Edwards springs a new one on us. His latest single is Wanda Lou, and it's not even a made up
Pinecastle's single of this week is a new song from Ray Edwards, The Life of a Mountain Man. It's part of their 11 Weeks of New Singles promotion, where a song from a different Pinecastle artist releases each Friday. Growing up in
Bluegrass songwriter and performer Ray Edwards has shared the news that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. Fortunately, tests show that the cancer is isolated in one side of his prostate, and that it is a small and very slow-growing
Country artist John Berry had a good run in the '90s, enjoying a #1 hit with Your Love Amazes Me, and Top Ten status for She’s Taken a Shine and Standing on the Edge of Goodbye. When his string of hits subsided, John resettled near
James Ray Edwards was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 16, 1954. His family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which is a hotbed for bluegrass music, when he was 10 years old. As they say, you can shake a tree in
Roy McMillan passed away on July 5, 2014, at his home in Lewisville, North Carolina, after experiencing many years of serious ill health. He was 84 years old. Roy Berlin McMillan was born May 17, 1930, in Fancy Gap in Carroll
Coming March 10 is One Day, a new all-Gospel project from Jerry Butler and The Blu-J's. The album is a mix of new and classic material, some of it suggested by fans who Jerry says have been after him for some time
