• Rural Rhythm announces Rural Roots Digital

    Rural Rhythm Records is launching a new series of classic bluegrass reissues for online download which they are calling Rural Roots Digital. The first two re-releases include timeless albums from Red Smiley and The Bluegrass Cutups, and fiddler Curly Fox. When

  • Randy Barnes to Marty Raybon

    Randy Barnes is the new bass player with Marty Raybon & Full Circle. He has been out with the band since April 28, and is also participating in the harmony singing. He joins Chris Wade on banjo, Zach Rambo on mandolin,

  • Introducing the Cherry Pickers

    The Cherry Pickers are a new young bluegrass group in the San Francisco, CA area featuring Isaac Cantor on banjo, Riley HIll on guitar, Rich Kearns on mandolin, and Leo Suarez on bass. Their goal is to write and record their own music, walking the

  • Stormy Horizons for The Expedition Show

    Today (5/14) marks the release of Stormy Horizons, a new CD project from The Expedition Show, on Mountain Fever Records. Fans can hear the entire record this week on Sirius-XM's Track-by-Track with Kyle Cantrell, starting on Wednesday (5/15) at 11:00 a.m.

  • Blake Johnson to Grasstowne

    With Dustin Pyrtle hopping aboard the Quicksilver Express, Grasstowne is pleased to announce that Blake Johnson is their newest member, playing guitar and singing lead. Blake lives in Roxboro, NC and has been playing guitar since he was ten years old.

  • Coda Mountain Academy adds bluegrass

    Another successful infiltration for bluegrass music... We heard recently from Brandon Green, lecturer and band director in the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program, about a music camp in West Virginia where he teaches. It's called the Coda Mountain

  • Ronnie Bowman to Likely Culprits

    Nashville-based bluegrass/acoustic country act, The Likely Culprits, has brought in a new member. Ronnie Bowman will be playing guitar and singing with the band, stepping in for Ashby Frank who has signed a six month contract with Carnival Cruise Line to

  • Gospel album this year from KRACE

    Kevin Richardson & Cutting Edge, known to their fans as KRACE, are heading into the studio next month to start work on a second recording. Like their self-titled debut in 2012, this next album will focus on new material written within

  • Colder December from Blue Moon Rising

    Ahead of the May 28 release of Blue Side Of The Moon, Blue Moon Rising has released a single to radio through Airplay Direct. Colder December was written by Tony and David Mowell with Cory Wharton, and performed by the current edition