Balsam Range

Perhaps the most difficult thing to do in the music world is keeping a successful band full of creative artists, singers, and songwriters together, especially as their prominence allows the individual members to consider striking out on their own. We've

Balsam Range with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra Ensemble - photo by Mike Duncan Photography Granted, one might consider a billing of bluegrass and small orchestra as an unlikely combination. And who could blame you? On the other hand, as Balsam Range

We haven't noticed Balsam Range here at World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, though they don't live far away in western North Carolina. But they will be here soon if they aren't already for tonight's IBMA Bluegrass Awards. This past weekend they

It's fairly obvious that bluegrass is a crowded field these days. New bands, old bands, solo performers and varied ensembles — all compete for attention and, in the process, make music that really matters Balsam Range is right up there with

Tomorrow is release day for Moxie and Mettle, the new album from western North Carolina bluegrass heroes Balsam Range, and Mountain Home Music is offering our readers a sneak peek at another track this morning. It's a new song by an

We wrote on Monday about the disastrous flooding in middle Tennessee, and the efforts of locals, including bluegrass artist Daryl Mosley, to raise funds to assist those left homeless from substantial rainfall on August 21. Another set of storms caused serious

Marc Pruett, life long banjo player extraordinaire and founding member of Balsam Range, suffered a severe fall at a show in California earlier this week. The band was performing at the Redlands Bowl in Redlands, CA and he fell stepping down

Here is a year end run down of the most played songs on bluegrass radio for the year 2020. These numbers are compiled from our weekly bluegrass playlist charts, adding total spins to determine the songs played most frequently over

A new music video debuts today from Balsam Range for their current Mountain Home single, Grit and Grace. It's something of a departure for the band, a very personal story of grappling with what life can throw your way, yet finding

Mountain Home Music has released a sneak peak video for their latest single from Balsam Range, Grit and Grace. Interestingly, this song is a contribution from fiddle and vocalist Buddy Melton's mother, Ann, who wrote it along with Milan Miller and