• Graves Mountain Memories

    Rural Rhythm Records is set to release a single from their upcoming 55th Anniversary CD, All-Star Jam - Live At Graves Mountain, a collection of 12 tracks recorded at the 2010 Graves Mountain Festival Of Music this past summer. The album

  • Leek/Scott partnership fizzles

    Here's some unfortunate news on what was hailed only weeks ago as a promising new partnership. The agreement we announced on September 7 between Barry Scott and Jason Leek for the management of Barry Scott and Second Wind has fallen apart.

  • Pinecastle Records new owner, Lonnie Lassiter

    Pinecastle Records has posted an interview with the company's new owner, Lonnie Lassiter, a physician and entrepreneur in Columbus, NC. Lassiter took ownership of the company in August, six months after the family of Pinecastle founder Tom Riggs closed the doors,

  • Steve Thomas to Summertown Road

    Summertown Road has added a new lane, bringing on celebrated fiddler Steve Thomas, and marking the band's debut as a quintet. Thomas has performed with a notable array of top bluegrass talent, having worked with Del McCoury, Lost and Found, The

  • Dr. Elmo’s Bluegrass Christmas

    Well... today marks the first day of Autumn, so I think that mean the Christmas marketing season is upon us. And with Christmas gift-giving in mind, you'll surely want to consider this new Time-Life release from a mega-million selling artist. Dr.

  • Bill Emerson hospitalized

    We have learned that banjo legend Bill Emerson is being treated for pneumonia in a DC-area hospital. Doctors there expect to release him in the next few days, but not in time to make tomorrow's scheduled performance at the Denton

  • Allen Shelton reissue from Gusto

    Gusto Records has released a retrospective instrumental collection from recently-departed banjo legend, Allen Shelton. At His Best contains 10 banjo tunes recorded over Shelton's long career, all demonstrating his unique approach to the five string. Though not familiar to many young

  • The Grascals whoop it up at LP Field

    Yesterday was a big day for The Grascals. They came in off the road just in time to roll over to LP Field in Nashville to sing the National Anthem before the Tennessee Titans took on the Pittsburgh Steelers. This was

  • Jesse McReynolds – United We Stand

    Jesse McReynolds undoubtedly qualifies for inclusion in the small circle of living legends in bluegrass music. His long career with his late brother Jim saw Jesse develop a pioneering, crosspicked mandolin style that bears his name. It also showed him to

  • Michael Cleveland on the DL

    We have learned that fiddle superstar Michael Cleveland will miss his scheduled show today (9/18) at Dumplin’ Valley in Kodak, TN. Michael was admitted to the hospital earlier this week when he began to feel poorly on the way to fill