North Carolina fiddler Tim Smith has released a new album, titled simply Fiddler Tim Smith & Friends. Smith has quite a bluegrass pedigree, having worked for three years with The Bluegrass Cardinals, and with five previous solo projects to his credit.
Feller & Hill have set February 4, 2013 as the release date for their debut CD, Feller and Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos, on Blue Circle Records. This new vocal duo consists of Tom Feller and Chris Hill, with a touring band set
Fiddler and vocalist April Verch has been in the studio this past two weeks, working on a new project expected in April of 2013. She and her band (Cody Walters on bass and banjo, and Hayes Griffin on guitar), have been
Rebel has today released a single, The Story Of The Day That I Died, to radio. It's the title track of the upcoming Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice album, due March 12, 2013. This one is a clever number written by The
A new band is set to hit the scene, combining four Nashville superpickers itching to play together. David Grier is on guitar, Missy Raines on bass, Mike Compton on mandolin, and Shad Cobb on fiddle. They have chosen the clever name
This next installment of David Morris' Songwriter to Songwriter features his discussion with Mark Brinkman during World of Bluegrass in Nashville in September. They talk about the upcoming Rural Rhythm project, God Didn't Choose Sides, which features new songs about the
Songwriter Tom T. Hall was recognized by Broadcast Music, Inc. as a BMI Icon at its 60th annual BMI Country Awards ceremony held at the company’s premises in Nashville on Tuesday, October 30. Hall’s incredible songwriting career and association with BMI,
The Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN is on the hunt for a new faculty member, starting with the Fall 2013 term. This is a tenure track position which will entail both
Pisgah Ridge Records has announced the signing of Flatt Lonesome to the label, which is affiliated with Mountain Home Recordings and Crossroads Entertainment. A debut project has just been completed at Crossroads Studio, with a release expected in the first quarter
J.D. Crowe's decision to retire from active touring at the end of 2012 has had a number of ripple effects within the bluegrass world. Among them has been the end of a defining bluegrass institution, The New South. For nearly 40
