Music

  • Stanley festival covered on CMT.com

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    CMT.com has a nice feature up this morning about the recently concluded Ralph Stanley Memorial Festival, the 36th annual running of the event, also known as the Hills Of Home Festival. The story largely covers the Clinch Mountain Boys reunion

  • CDBaby is now selling CDs

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    We"ve posted about CDBaby and all things they can do for an independent artist in the area of digital distribution. Well now they can also help with physical distribution. CDBaby has just inked a partnership with the one-stop Super D.

  • Vassar Clements, Tony Rice live CD

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    When the audience at Randy Wood's Concert Hall awaited the start of the Vassar Clements and Tony Rice concert back in December of 2004, they had every expectation of seeing a fabulous performance. Some may have known that the show

  • Harry Fox brokers deal with DMI

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    The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) recently finalized an agreement with DMI, owner of background music service Private Label Radio (PLR). The deal, of course, has to do with mechanical licenses and features a revenue sharing structure. PLR supplies brand-specific, audio

  • EWOB ’06 names European Band of the Year

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    2006 was a good year for the Italians and the Dutch during the European World of Bluegrass band competition last week. The winners show a decided strength in those nations' bluegrass scene. European Bluegrass Band of 2006 1st place: Mideando String

  • Stanley Museum seeking artifacts and recordings

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    The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center in Clintwood, VA was founded in 2004, dedicated to preserving and promoting the music of Southwestern VA, in particular the contributions of Dr. Ralph Stanley. The various interactive museum exhibits include

  • Chris Stuart and his young Wards

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    Chris Stuart has announced that Chris and Austin Ward have joined his band, Backcountry. It is a fairly odd occurrence when a pair of brothers joins a professional band at the same time, even odder when they are both still

  • Justin Moses – Dusty Roads

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    Multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses has announced a June 13th release date for his first solo project, Dusty Roads. After leaving a group he help found in 2000, Blue Moon Rising, he spent a short time with Sierra Hull & Highway 111.

  • Infamous Stringdusters sign with Sugar Hill

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    We have posted previously with our high praise for The Stringdusters, based both on our familiarity with these talented young musicians, and on their powerful performances at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass last October. At that time, we alluded to