Music

David Robinson is set to become the new banjo player with Monroe Crossing, among the most popular and well-traveled bluegrass bands in the mid-West. He takes up the mantle from Benji Flaming, who recently announced his intention to move on and

Roger Martin has joined The Carolina Travelers, a venerable band from Winston-Salem, NC, on mandolin. He had worked previously with The Misty Valley Boys, Roustabouts, and just recently Roger Handy and Southern Depot. He takes the spot vacated by Tim Frye, who had spent the

Sammy Shelor, banjo player and leader of the Lonesome River Band, reports that plans are underway for the group to embark on an ambitious new recording project — a 30th anniversary retrospective that will have the group recording twenty-four songs, to be

Longtime New South bandmates Ricky Wasson and Dwight McCall are set to release a new duo project in Spring 2012 on Rural Rhythm Records. No, they're not leaving J. D. Crowe and the New South, they're just doing what pretty

What better way to begin a Christmas album than with the old Tex Logan tune, Christmas Time’s a Coming? If you ask Ricky Skaggs, you’ll probably find out quickly that there is none, as it's the first track on a recent

The Recording Academy® has announced the latest additions to its legendary Grammy Hall Of Fame® collection. Included in this select few in the 2012 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame® is the Columbia Records’ 1957 album by Lester Flatt and

As a bluegrass disc jockey and retailer, I have noticed an epidemic within our beloved bluegrass community. A plague threatens the growth of young listeners into mature fans, this virus called “Albumitis!" Albumitis-n.- a glaring musical gap between Flatt & Scruggs’ Greatest

With Leigh Gibson running off to join a bluegrass supergroup, older brother Eric is planning a solo tour. Calm down, everybody. It’s just for one night. Leigh is heading for Huron, S.D., this weekend for some pheasant hunting and a Tuesday night

Rhonda Vincent has added reso-guitarist Brent Burke to The Rage, her touring and recording band. In addition to this stellar credential, Burke is also set for the distinction of becoming the very first graduate or ETSU's new Bachelor of Arts

On Sunday, November 20, 2011, Rural Rhythm Records and some of its brightest stars gathered to celebrate the release of Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration Live At Bean Blossom, a live recording of 12 selections from Rural Rhythm's family of