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Billy Blue Records has released a new single for Jason Barie, fiddler with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, the first since his Pieces album in 2019. Jason had already established himself as a fiddler of note before joining up with

Greg Blake has certainly got to be in the running for busiest man in bluegrass for 2022. In addition to a full time schedule performing with Special Consensus, he has a solo career and a current album, People, Places, and

Rising bluegrass songstress, Olivia Jo, of Stuart, VA, will release her first single, You'll Always Be My Blue-Eyed Darling, on September 16. With Olivia Jo on lead vocals, the tune features an award-winning ensemble: Lou Reid, harmony vocals/rhythm guitar; Ron Stewart,

Jason Carter, fiddler for both The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin' McCourys, has announced an upcoming solo project, Lowdown Hoedown, featuring his considerable skills as both a bowman and a vocalist. A debut single is available today, Jason's take on

Alan Bibey & Grasstowne have announced Jeff Huffman as the new guitarist with the group, stepping in for Tony Watt who had recently left the band. Jeff is from Smithfield, NC, and grew up with perhaps the best training any bluegrass

Terry Baucom's Dukes of Drive have a new single from their just released album, the title track, Here in the Country. The iconic banjo man leads a strong quartet of pickers and singers, and this new project is his first with

Mountain Fever Records is dropping its second single for Arkansas bluegrass singer Casey Penn, a new one from Nashville songwriting superstar Carl Jackson. It's called Little Lives, and tells a story about how the small things we do for others can

Rebel Records has released their first single for Starlett & Big John, i.e., Starlett Boswell and Big John Talley, of eastern Virginia. The two have only been working together this past three years, though both have a bluegrass heritage going way

Mandolin maestro Herschel Sizemore passed away on Friday morning, September 9, 2022 at his home in Roanoke, VA. He was 87 years of age.  Herschel Lee Sizemore was born on August 6, 1935, in Sheffield (near Muscle Shoals), Alabama, and raised

To celebrate today's release of their latest album from Wildfire, Quiet Country Town, Pinecastle Records has dropped a special single from the band, a remake of Vern Gosdin's memorable hit, What Would Your Memories Do. Written by Hank Cochran and Dean Dillon,