Rebel Records has released an advance single from Let Them Know I'm From Virginia, their upcoming album for Big Country Bluegrass. It's a new song from Tracy O'Connell that fits right in with the hard-charging, traditional bluegrass sound this bunch
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Where I Came From – Nothin’ Fancy
Nothin’ Fancy leans heavily on band originals for Where I Came From, their latest project for Mountain Fever Records. With six songs from mandolin player Mike Andes, and two from guitarist Caleb Cox alongside a few covers from artists like
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Galaxy Audio celebrates 40 years
Congratulations to our friends at Galaxy Audio, who are celebrating 40 years as a family-owned business in 2017. They proudly wear their moniker as the Personal Monitor Experts, since developing the Hot Spot in the late 1970s changed the way
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Sound Marketing for Bluegrass by Barry Silverstein
Did you know we published a twice monthly email newsletter with free tips for marketing your band, album, festival, club, or organization online? It's called Sound Marketing for Bluegrass, and written especially for our readers by Barry Silverstein, a nationally
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Kevin Prater to manage Three Rivers Bluegrass Festival
A new bluegrass festival is being launched in central Ohio, with popular singer and bandleader, Kevin Prater, at the helm. Billed as the Three Rivers Bluegrass Festival, it is scheduled for April 27-28, 2018 at the Coshocton Fairgrounds in Coshocton, OH.
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Bible And A Bus Ticket from Wildfire
Pinecastle has released a debut single from their new album for Wildfire, Rented Room On Broadway. It's the more-or-less title track, Bible And A Bus Ticket, from Craig Wiseman and James Dean Hicks, where one of the lines mentions living
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Ken Davidson passes
Ken Davidson manning his Kanawha Records booth at Union Grove in 1971 - photo by Carl Fleischhauer Ken Davidson, perhaps best known for founding Kanawha Records in 1963, passed away on December 20, 2016. He was aged 75. Kenneth Harold Davidson was
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Gospel Favorites from Dr Ralph and Nathan Stanley
For fans of the late Ralph Stanley, here's something that will cheer your heart as your reflect on his passing last year. His grandson, Nathan, who performed with Dr. Stanley in his later years, has released a new album of Gospel
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Check out Grand Ole Osprey on the Outer Banks
Here's another bluegrass radio show you can remember for when you're traveling, or to check out online. Radio Hatteras is based in Buxton, NC on Hatteras Island along the area's Outer Banks. These are natural barrier islands, formed by the action
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New for New Years: Resolutions by the hour
Peter Thompson, noted California bluegrass D.J. and former concert organizer, recently e-mailed out a copy of Woody Guthrie’s New Years resolutions from 1942, which Woody called “New Years Rulins.” It was a long list, with 33 items on it, and had