Bluegrass band news

The Good Ol' Persons - photo by Mike Melnyk The Good Ol' Persons, originally an all-female band formed after an open mic session at Berkeley, California’s Freight & Salvage, is to play together one more time - well, four more times,

Tom Feller, Chris Hill, and Tony Holt at the Palatka Bluegrass Festival - photo © Deb Miller Baseball season is cranking up, which is usually the time we start hearing trade rumors in the bluegrass world. But how often do we

Dale Ann Bradley has announced a change in her touring band. Reso-guitarist Greg Blaylock has had to take his leave owing to a promotion at his day job, and Matt Leadbetter has come in to fill that spot. Matt has worked

Carolina Blue signs with Poor Mountain Records: Timmy Jones, Jonathan Buckner, Bobby Powell, and Rick Dollar Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing last week of Carolina Blue to the label. This is part of Poor Mountain's 2017 push to become

After many years associated with KCA Artists in Nashville, Blue Highway has announced that they will be be bringing booking and representation in-house, with all such duties now performed by their publicist, Sherri George. George has served as publicist and tour

Kevin Richardson has spent most of his adult life as a bluegrass performer. Whether fronting his own group or assisting established artists on stage, he's spent his career playing the music he loves as a guitarist and a singer. His

Mountain Faith, the spunky little band that could from western North Carolina, has typically been a fixture at the SPBGMA national convention in Nashville each February. Since they were a true family band back in their early days, when Summer

David Parmley has announced the addition of Steve Thomas to his touring band, Cardinal Tradition. Steve will take the spot recently vacated by Doug Bartlett on mandolin, who had to leave the group to help out with a family health crisis

Not everyone who moves to Nashville to work in the music business comes thinking that they will hit the big time, but an awful lot do. Some arrive just hoping to find a gig as a sideman, and many never

When you catch Chosen Road out on the festival or church circuit this year, you'll see some new faces with the band. The West Virginia-based Gospel bluegrass group has brought in Max Silverstein on fiddle, and Tyler Robertson on banjo. Max