At yesterday's Washington Commanders football game in Landover, MD, Sally Sandker Ziesing, guitarist and vocalist with US Navy Band Country Current, had the honor of singing the national anthem before kickoff. Sally, the daughter of the Queen of Bluegrass, Rhonda
Author: John Lawless
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Becky Buller Band Christmas tour 2023
Becky Buller has announced the dates for her 2023 Christmas tour in December, with a week-long string of shows full of holiday music and fun with her Becky Buller Band. She has titled the tour The Perfect Gift Christmas Tour, an
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Video Premiere: Gotta Lotta Lonesome from Carson Peters
Billy Blue Records has produced a music video for their current single with Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, the title track of their most recent album, Gotta Lotta Lonesome. Peters has completed that difficult transition from child star to adult performer,
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New Star from Amanda Cook
Mountain Fever Records is offering a first taste of their next album with Amanda Cook in a single, New Star, releasing today. The Florida born bluegrass singer developed her love for the music, and found her muse, living in the Sunshine
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Evan Dickerson launches Talking Bluegrass with Cory Walker
Prolific bluegrass podcaster Evan Dickerson has just started a new show, which he calls Talking Bluegrass Albums or Songs. It takes a different angle from his original show, The Evan Dickerson Bluegrass Talk Show, which is centered on individual artists
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Barnyard Funk from Mark Stoffel
Mandolinist Mark Stoffel, who currently plies his trade as a member of Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, has a new single dropping tomorrow from Mountain Home Music, an instrumental he calls Barnyard Funk. It's a clever little tune in which
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Williamson Branch celebrates 10 years at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies
With their performance today at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies in Gatlinburg, TN, family grassers Williamson Branch will celebrate ten years as a band, and ten consecutive times performing at this festival. Kevin and Debbie Williamson launched a band with their
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Green Garland from Songs From The Road Band
Asheville, NC's Songs From The Road Band is up with the next Christmas single for 2023. Green Garland was written by bassist Charles R Humphrey III, along with Charlie Chamberlain and Brew Davis, and shares a string of cheerful images from
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River of Regret from Fast Track
Engelhardt Music Group is out with a new single from Fast Track, the hard charging bluegrass band that developed after David Parmley shut down his band, Cardinal Tradition. They've chosen a song written by their former bassist, the late Ron Spears,
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Kevin Prater Band to Turnberry Records
Turnberry Records has announced their second artist signing of the week with news that The Kevin Prater Band will be bringing their Kentucky bluegrass to the label with a new album in the first half of 2024. Prater has been a