Town Mountain recorded a trio of live, in-studio videos during the Knoxville Rhythm N Blooms festival this past Spring. These videos, showcasing songs from their Steady Operator CD, are now available in HD at Live and Breathing. Here's a look at one of
Bluegrass songstress Heather Berry has embarked on an ambitious project: to record and upload a song each day on video for an entire year. She is now up to day 9, all of which showcase her lovely singing voice, strong rhythm
Bristol Virginia's Mountain Music Museum unveiled a permanent Larry Sparks exhibit this past Saturday (10/15). Larry was in attendance, where he spoke briefly and performed with the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band. The Museum is a project of the Appalachian Cultural Music Association,
NewTown, formerly Kati Penn & Newtown, have released a first single to radio from their upcoming, self-titled album. The new record won't ship until December 1, but bluegrass radio can now download the single, Water Under The Bridge, from Airplay
We just heard from Mountain Heart's bluesy front man, Josh Shilling, with an update on the solo project he's been working on for the past several months. Josh spoke with us about this about this during the summer, but says that
We got word yesterday from Chris Jones, with an update on his health – and his whereabouts – after a medical scare during his recent European tour required that he spend a few days in a Swiss hospital. "I'm back safe
A new live performance video is available from Sarah Jarosz's visit to the UK this summer to perform at the 2011 Americana Festival in Newcastle. It was shot by the folks at Amber, a Newcastle film and photographic archive and
We just got an update from the Larry Stephenson Band, who have been hard at work this week at the Compass Records studio tracking for their next project, coincidentally set for release on Compass in 2012. With Larry was his current
Pert Near Sandstone is a string band from Minnesota's Twin Cities who play a raucous blend of bluegrass and old time music. Their fourth CD, Paradise Hop, is due November 15 as an independent release. The band consists of Nate Sipe on mandolin
A very encouraging note from Phil Leadbetter... "I just finished my 6th round of chemo which will complete my cycle. I will have a PET Scan on Oct 24th. That will show where we are with the cancer. This will be
