For their latest Rebel Records single, The Kody Norris Show features fiddler and mandolinist Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris on a song she co-wrote with her husband, bossman Kody Norris. Blue Ain't The Word also marks Mary Rachel's debut as a lead singer
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Ol’ Rooster drops for Dave Adkins
Billy Blue Records has a fun new single for Dave Adkins, Ol' Rooster, which uses a barnyard metaphor to express how men of a certain age, who may have lost a little spring in their step, can still have the
I Still Believe in the Blood from Mark Houser & Bluegrass Drive
The genesis of Gospel Train, the latest release from Mark Houser & Bluegrass Drive, is a story in itself, quite separate from the fine music it contains. Houser, a talented songwriter and singer, was rocked last spring by a diagnosis of
Attend a Blue Highway live album taping in March
Blue Highway will be celebrating their 30th anniversary as a bluegrass band, and recording a live album, over the course of two nights at the end of March. These very special concerts will be held at the Martin Center for the
Looks Like The End Of The Road from Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the March 28 release of Arcadia on Down The Road Records. At the same time, the band has released a debut single, Looks Like The End Of The Road. Arcadia marks a number of
Jesse Smathers to Mountain Home Music
Jesse Smathers - photo © Laci Mack Jesse Smathers has been announced as the newest signee with the Mountain Home Music label. Currently guitarist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band, Jesse grew up in a deeply musical family in North Carolina. His
Jim Callicutt passes
Jim Callicutt, 80, of Star, NC passed away of Thursday, January 23. A lover of bluegrass music, he picked guitar and sang with Little River Bluegrass in the '70s and '80s. Their banjoist, Charles Singleton, first taught licks to famed
Face Of Appalachia from The Herculeons
Two Nashville vocal powerhouses have joined together to form The Herculeons, in the persons of John Cowan and Andrea Zonn. They have a new album coming in March on True Lonesome Records which will also feature fellow singing stars Michael
Wyatt Ellis studio visualizer video with Peter Rowan
Wyatt Ellis has been getting a lot of mileage from his current single, Winds of Rowan County. He's released it as a double-side, 45 RPM vinyl single, backed with Bill Monroe's Memories of You, also available through the popular download
Dave Nichols passes
Guitar maker and intricate inlay artist, David “Dave” R. Nichols, 81, of Malone, NY passed away on January 22, 2025 at Champlain Valley Hospital, Plattsburgh with his family by his side. Dave was born on April 22, 1943 to the










