Bell Buckle Records, in conjunction with The Single Factory, are set to release a new single tomorrow from Valerie Smith. It's for From A Distance, written by Julie Gold, which was a major hit for Bette Midler in 1990. The song
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Bluegrass Bus Museum adding new videos
If you've never visited the Bluegrass Bus Museum, you've missed a great treat for lovers of bluegrass history. The converted 1955 Flixible bus has been restored to look like the bus that carried Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs all over the
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American Banjo Museum going Virtual at Noon
With most public accommodations closed to further the social distancing mandates, the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has devised a clever way to continue sharing its many troves of instruments and memorabilia with banjo lovers worldwide. They have launched a new
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Tomorrow’s Bluegrass Stars Online Bluegrass Festival on track for tomorrow
Since we wrote last week about plans for an online youth bluegrass festival, hosted and promoted with Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars (TBS), we have learned from 17 year old organizer, Autumn Moore, that she has found enough young bands willing to participate, and
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South Bound Train video from High Fidelity
Nashville's High Fidelity has been known since their inception in 2014 for a strict adherence to the sound and style of bluegrass music in its earliest days. Those old enough to remember how the grass was played in the '50s
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Caring and sharing – bluegrass radio resources while quarantined
In these days of severe, but necessary, restrictions, we are all looking for ways to relieve the monotony of ground-hog days with little changing, nor prospects of much changing soon. So, responding to a request, the host of Bluegrass Signal
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Darrell Brothers Roadshow video trailer released
Bluegrass music has generated its share of truly clever comedy over the years. From the earliest days, it was common to include a comedian on stage shows by Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and The Stanley Brothers. Anyone who saw
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The Mountain Minor now available on streaming services
We have written before about The Mountain Minor, an independent film by Dale Farmer that offers an uplifting story of traditional music and experience. It falls into the category of "Appalachian positivity," conveying a fairly recent change in the way the
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We Needed This Ride video from Chris Jones
Even though most of us are stuck at home, sometimes wondering what to do with ourselves, you may be heartened to know that your favorite bluegrass artists - and their record labels - are still hard at work, though not
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Nick Chandler & Delivered make the most out of quarantining
If you spend any time on social media, you have probably encountered one of these new types of videos, with members of some sort of musical ensemble collaborating on a recording with social distancing in mind. We have found them