• Josh Shilling solo project

    Mountain Heart front man and lead vocalist Josh Shilling is spending the early summer putting the finishing touches on a debut solo project. He told us yesterday that he had been wanting to work on this for some time, but hadn't

  • Clay Hess on Kickstarter

    Clay Hess, guitarist and vocalist with Sierra Hull & Highway 111, is the latest bluegrass artist to take to Kickstarter for crowdsourcing of his new project, Rain. In this case, Clay is looking for his fans and friends to help raise

  • Free downloads from Kathryn Caine

    Virginia singer/songwriter Kathryn Caine is giving away two free tracks from her upcoming CD, When I Was His Wife, due for release on June 30. The album was recorded with Andy Thacker on mandolin and guitar, Tom Hogge on banjo, Jay

  • Volume Five – Children Of The Mountain

    Mountain Fever Records has released Children Of The Mountain, the second album from Volume Five. The band is based in the deep South, hailing from Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, and have given this entire project over to songs and stories about

  • Live recording at Bean Blossom

    Rural Rhythm Records is doing their part in celebrating 2011 as the centennial of Bill Monroe's birth with a live album to be recorded starting this weekend at the Bill Monroe’s Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Indiana. Like their popular

  • Jazz and bluegrass meet at Dazzle

    Greg Garrison, former bass player with Punch Brothers and Leftover Salmon, has come up with a fascinating concept for a concert series launching next month in Denver. The idea is to bring note bluegrass/acoustic and jazz musicians together to perform

  • Skip Cherryholmes checks in

    Skip Cherryholmes asked us to pass along this info about his immediate plans following the dissolution of the band. I've been asked many times by Cherryholmes fans "What are you going to do now?" Obviously I've taken a short break from the

  • New CD from Runaway Frieght

    Ruanaway Freight has a new CD, It's Just a Song, which they are proud to note is their first all-original project. Guitarist Matt Ford tells us that not only are 10 of the album's 13 track written within the band, the

  • Moody Bluegrass Two…Much Love

    June 21 has been announced as the official release date for a second set of bluegrass covers of classic songs from legendary 1960’s-70’s British pop-rockers The Moody Blues. The first, Moody Bluegrass, hit in 2004, combining the chart hits from

  • Echo Boom Studio Sessions Vol 1

    Today is the day for the new CD from The Farewell Drifters, Echo Boom. Like they did with their previous album, Yellow Tag Mondays, the guys will be releasing a number of videos to showcase the various tracks, and share information