Caroline Owens has a new band name and two new members. Now known as Caroline Owens & New Company, the Skyline Records recording artist welcomes bassist Zak McLamb (who also performs with Alan Bibey & Grasstowne) and fiddler/vocalist, Ella Thomas
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1682 from Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett
Veteran bluegrass singers and instrumentalists Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett have released a new single, the third for what will be their second duo album for Bonfire Music Group. The two also perform together when their schedules coincide, Lane's with Blue
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Roni Stoneman passes
Roni Stoneman, banjo player with The Stonemans, who played the iconic Hee-Haw character, Ida Lee Nagger, died yesterday evening at 85 years of age. Long before she played that comic stereotype on television in the 1970s, Roni was an established artist
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The Banks of the River video from Edgar Loudermilk
The Edgar Loudermilk Band has asked us to premiere their latest music video, a new gospel song written by Edgar with his mandolinist, Zack Autry, called The Banks of the River. It will be the title cut of their next
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Mitchell Mullins – new single from Amanda Cook
Mountain Fever Records has released a second single from their next album with Amanda Cook, recorded with her touring band. A Florida native, Amanda now lives in southwestern Virginia where she serves as the manager of Mountain Fever, as well as
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Bob Minner to Billy Blue Records
Ed Leonard, Bob Minner, and Jerry Salley at Billy Blue Records Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bob Minner has been announced as the newest signee with Billy Blue Records. Minner, who is a first rate picker on banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, served as
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Sideline drops new single – first in two years
A new song from Sideline? I thought they broke up last year! Well... they did stop touring, but the band does still play the odd show. And as Mountain Home Music was still interested in their sound, the label had them
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High Sierras from Olivia Jo
Fresh off her recent signing with ATS Records, Olivia Jo has a brand new single, her version of Harley Allen's High Sierras, sung with Rhonda Vincent. The young southwest Virginia native grew up on bluegrass music, thanks to her dad's love
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Alex Leach back with Ralph II
With the recent departure of banjo picker Landon Fitzpatrick from Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Ralph has brought Alex Leach back into the band, who had spent several good years with him previously. Landon is moving back to
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I Want To Know You – new from Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie is offering a sweet treat for your ears and your heart to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I Want to Know You, an original gospel number, dropped for the North Carolina-based band on Valentine's Day with a sneak peak