West Virginia mandolinist Chandler Beavers has a new single, an original instrumental of his called The Long Way Forward. Beavers skirts the line between contemporary bluegrass and jamgrass, and he says this new tune shows the influence of both sides of
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I Can’t Stand Me – new single from The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
Sound Biscuit Records is the home for the latest release from The Po' Ramblin' Boys, a bluegrass mashup of two country classics from Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell. Featuring guitarist Josh Rinkel on the lead vocal, this new track combines Haggard's
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Don’t Hold Back drops for Rick Faris
Dark Shadow Recording has a new single for bluegrass singer/songwriter Rick Faris, an upbeat gospel number that he wrote with Evan Dickerson. The Missouri native grew up in bluegrass, performing with his family's popular touring band, giving 12 years of his
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Don Kissil passes
The former editor-in-chief of the bluegrass-orientated magazine, Pickin', Don Kissil, passed away on May 18, 2023. He was 89 years old. A familiar face at so many festivals since the 1960s, he had been taking pictures of bluegrass musicians, some of
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Curious Times from Mark Stoffel
Mandolinist Mark Stoffel is the focus of the latest single released by Mountain Home Music. The German-born musician has been a member of Chris Jones & The Night Drivers this past 16 years, and is not only a gifted and agile
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Tried To Ruin My Name from Cory Walker, with Sierra Ferrell
Mountain Fever Records has a new single this weekend for Nashville banjo phenom, Cory Walker. It's a real old timer written by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart called Tried To Ruin My Name, which Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper recorded
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I Want To Do Right from Curtis Vestal
The latest single from Curtis Vestal combines two genres of gospel music that we rarely see in conjunction, bluegrass gospel and black gospel. But it works, on every level. I Want To Do Right is a rollicking grasser that Curtis wrote,
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The Abduction of Antônio Vilas-Boas from Larry Cordle
Is there anyone in bluegrass who tells a better story than Larry Cordle? For the past 40 years he has been writing and singing some of the most memorable songs to come out of Nashville, and they have brought him
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Seldom Scene’s new logo looks back with fondness
The Seldom Scene has revealed a new band logo, one that recalls the great John Duffey, who helped found the group in 1971, and played mandolin and sang until his passing in 1996. John had a special fondness for his whiskey
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All I See Is You from Andrew Crawford & Brandi Colt
Bonfire Music Group is back with a new single for the South Carolina duo, Andrew Crawford & Brandi Colt. Typically they record music they have written, but this time they go with a grassified country rock number, All I See Is You, recorded