Some unpleasant news for bluegrass pickers and other musicians: The latest bid for recording artists to earn royalty payments for songs played on AM-FM radio is likely to stay bottled up in Congress. Any chance of this bill succeeding where similar efforts
Sierra Hull has been invited to play during Boston's First Night festival on New Year's Eve at her alma mater, Berklee College of Music. She completed the school's two year diploma program in 2012, and has been touted as a
With news of their Grammy nomination fresh in the mind, the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Emerging Artist of the Year for 2013, fans of Della Mae will be delighted to learn that the group will be making their Grand
Ernie Thacker's is a familiar name to bluegrass fans, for the soulful music he's recorded over the years, the story of his horrifying injuries from an auto accident 7 years ago, and his subsequent and heroic recovery. In a story sure
Bluegrass Valley and Mansion Entertainment have announced the release this week of several new bluegrass Christmas songs. Two of these are distributed exclusively to radio for use during the rapidly approaching holiday season, and one will be available for download
Jim & Valerie Gabehart have released a new single to radio in advance of their next CD. It's the title track, I Was Raised in a Railroad Town, written by fellow West Virginian Kevin Williamson of the Farmhands Quartet. Featured are regular band members Valerie
It would seem that Lou Reid & Carolina are shooting for an early start on the holiday spirit. They have a single just released to radio, a new yuletide song, Christmas In The Blue Ridge, written by Lou and Terry Foust. It was recorded recently
Donna Ulisse will celebrate the release of her new album Showin' My Roots as a guest of Charlie Mattos and Bill Cody on WSM's Coffee, Country and Cody show broadcast tomorrow Tuesday October 15, 2013, at 9:15am CT. As well as
This afternoon, September 30, will mark the final broadcast for Ray Davis, host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, and a 65 year veteran of the radio industry in and around Washington, DC. Davis has voiced the station's 3:00-6:00 p.m. time slot for
Mandolinist, singer and bandleader Missy Werner has released a new single to radio, ahead of a full album expected this winter. The song is I Always Do, written by Ashby Frank, which features Missy with backing from Sierra Hull on mandolin,
