Traditional bluegrass singer and bandleader Jeff Brown has announced the formation of a new booking agency, Still Blue Entertainment. They will handle representation for Newton & Thomas, Ralph Stanley II, and Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome. Brown has been a force in the
Lonesome River Band is hard at work on their first album for Mountain Home at the Crossroads Studio in North Carolina. While they were there, Crossroads put a little teaser together to whet your appetite for some new LRB music. Look for
Bluegrass fans like to point to the first Grand OleOpry appearance by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs as the official birth of bluegrass music. The Ryman Auditorium even has an historical marker
After a big splash with their debut album, Flatt Lonesome has generated some serious anticipation for their second release. This sort-of-a-family band has been lauded for their soaring vocals, aggressive picking, and the strength of their material. They have been in the studio recently,
Bluegrass/country/Gospel singer Jessica Stiles has dropped a first single from her upcoming vinyl EP, Little Darlin'. It's one she wrote called Answer Him, which features Jessica singing with harmony vocals from Lester Armistead of the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and Terry Eldridge
The Roys are offering a taste of their next Rural Rhythm Project, The View, with a new single released today. It's called No More Lonely, written by the band's sibling namesakes, Lee and Elaine Roy, along with noted country writer
Alan Jackson's bluegrass album, appropriately though controversially titled, The Bluegrass Album, has won the first annual Golden Boot award from the popular country music web site, The Boot. Winners were selected by an online ballot, and Alan more than doubled his closest
As they have for the past few years, DelFest has posted video from the last night/late night jam with the Travelin' McCourys at the 2014 iteration of DelFest. Each year the festival closes out with the McCourys jamming on stage with
Those of us who are devoted fans or part time/amateur pickers see the world of a touring bluegrass artist as a glamorous life. Riding around on a nice bus, getting to play before adoring crowds, making the big money... Some of that
You may known them as The Meyer Family, Meyer Bluegrass Band, or perhaps simply as The Meyers. Either way, these four talented young siblings now officially branded as Meyerband are among the most closely-watched up-and-comers in bluegrass music. Early notice came in
