Billy Blue Publishing, part of the Daywind Music Group, has signed Mike Richards, founding member of the Chigger Hill Boys & Terri, as a writer with the company. In addition to songs he has contributed to CHB&T, Mike has ones recorded
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Welcome Noah Buckner!
Congratulations to Brandy and Jonathan Bucker on the birth of their first child! Noah Henry Buckner was born on June 21 at 1:44 a.m. at Princeton Community Hospital in West Virginia. He weighed in at 8lbs 9oz, stretching out to 20.5''
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Rick Dollar Show podcast to iHeart Radio
The Rick Dollar Show bluegrass podcast has been picked up by iHeart Radio, among the largest distributors of digital music, radio content, and podcasts in the world. The hour long radio program, which almost always includes an interview with a noted
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Long Way To Denver from Larry Sparks
Rebel Records has released another single to bluegrass radio from It's Just Me, their current project from Larry Sparks. This album has proved to be tremendously popular, as it is the first time Sparks has recorded with just himself and
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Ronnie McCoury talks tradition, and what it means to make music as a family
Ronnie McCoury at Old Settler’s Music Festival (April 2017) – photo by Tom Dunning True to their name, it would seem the Travelin' McCourys never stand still. So too, given their rich legacy, as bequeathed by their legendary forebear, Del McCoury,
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Ashby Frank releases new version of Where I’m Bound
Mountain Home also has a new single from Nashville singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, Ashby Frank, with newgrass superstar John Cowan and bluegrass crooner Ronnie Bowman joining in. It's another from Frank's current project, Leaving is Believing. They have chosen a remake
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Winners from the debut Georgia State Fiddlers’ Convention
The Union County School in Blairsville, GA was the home for the inaugural Georgia State Fiddlers' Convention on June 24. And even in their first year, prizes were awarded in 12 categories with more than $7,000 in cash given to
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Chasin’ Indigo drops for Carley Arrowood
Carley Arrowood Thrailkill and Daniel Thrailkill Mountain Home Music has a new single for Carley Arrowood, one she wrote with her husband, Daniel Thrailkill, guitarist/vocalist with The Trailblazers. It's a lovely contemporary bluegrass ballad called Chasin' Indigo, which extols the importance of
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The Flood – Rock Ridge
Along with founders Rick and Josie Grant on mandolin and rhythm guitar respectively, Rock Ridge further consists of Dale and Suzanne Adkins on banjo and bass. The vocals are largely centered around Dale and Josie, as evidenced from the opening
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From The Side of the Road… burning question: haiku or senryu?
Last week Bluegrass Today published a rerun of my first bluegrass haiku column to help set up this new one. It turned out to be a good decision because some of the responses I got helped me learn valuable new