Music

Rebel Records has announced February 1, 2011 as the release date for Hymns From The Hills, the first all-Gospel project from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers. Mullins has established himself as one of bluegrass music's true Renaissance men. Before purchasing

We caught up recently with Bull and Tammy Harman, they of Bull Harman & Bull's Eye and St. Louis Flatpick. It turns out that Bull had surgery on November 11 to replace 2 discs in his neck. Tammy said that the

Wayne Taylor has announced that Mark Delaney will be the new banjo player in Appaloosa, starting in February 2011. He takes the spot recently vacated by Lee Marcus, who has left the group to attend college. Mark has worked recently with

The Roys are the most recent artists to sign with Rural Rhythm Records. Lee and Elaine Roy are brother-and-sister duet partners with a rich bluegrass heritage, which they employ alongside more contemporary Americana and country influences. A new Rural Rhythm project,

The Gibson Brothers have created a video preview for, Help My Brother, their next Compass Records release which is due early next year. Eric and Leigh talk about the songs, the songwriters, and a number of guests artists - plus we

Rhonda Vincent has pulled together a fun contest for her fans over Christmas. She tells her fans on her official message board that she uncovered a box while pulling out Christmas decorations that contained items associated with a gift she had

Once again PopMatters, the webzine of popular culture, has included bluegrass in their lists of the Best Music of 2010. And as you might expect from a more mainstream publication, their picks are heavy on the edgier, contemporary side of

Here's yet another entry in the bluegrass Christmas song bonanza. Kathryn Caine's Christmas was actually released last year, but she is offering the full album now as a free download to help raise awareness of her new album for 2010, Down

We told you in February about Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike recording their next album at the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, KY. The band was serving an artist in residency at IBMM, and after teaching workshops and playing shows

The first video from The Grascals' upcoming CD, The Grascals & Friends has been released. The video for I Am Strong was shot on site at the St. Judes Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, with Dolly Parton as their special guest.