Author: James Gabehart

Reflecting back on the past year, it's been a busy and eventful one, and I don't need a guardian angel Clarence to help me realize it's a wonderful life. Our CD It's My Turn, released in late 2010, received a good

Dapple Patti is the title of a new CD release from the duo of Alan Munde and Adam Granger. Recorded during April 2011 in Minnesota where Granger lives, the two longtime friends tracked five songs in the studio, with the remaining

I recently had an opportunity to visit with singer-songwriter Dale Pyatt about some of his recent projects. He's excited about the just released Run Secretariat Run, a song he wrote about the great racehorse, which he recorded with the help of Steve Thomas, Jenee

Just in time for the holidays, Mountain Fever Records has released Have A Merry Berry Christmas, the latest recording by Heather Berry. Featuring a mixture of bluegrass (Christmas Time's A Coming), pop (Blue Christmas, Pretty Paper), country (If We Make It Through December,

On Saturday, December 3, 2011, J. D. Crowe & The New South, with special guests Alison Krauss and Dan Tymnski, will perform a concert at Powell County High School in Stanton, Kentucky to benefit underprivileged children.  As a part of

Sammy Shelor, banjo player and leader of the Lonesome River Band, reports that plans are underway for the group to embark on an ambitious new recording project — a 30th anniversary retrospective that will have the group recording twenty-four songs, to be

Longtime New South bandmates Ricky Wasson and Dwight McCall are set to release a new duo project in Spring 2012 on Rural Rhythm Records. No, they're not leaving J. D. Crowe and the New South, they're just doing what pretty

As Thanksgiving approaches, among the many (make that countless) things I am thankful for, I am thankful for my heritage. When I was much younger, particularly as a teenager, I sometimes wished for a more generic last name like Smith or Jones

On Sunday, November 20, 2011, Rural Rhythm Records and some of its brightest stars gathered to celebrate the release of Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration Live At Bean Blossom, a live recording of 12 selections from Rural Rhythm's family of

Another example of how much technology has benefitted the recent generation of aspiring musicians is on display in the new CD release of North Carolina group Mountain Faith, titled Save Me. Early bluegrass musicians learned through years of trial and error, relying primarily on