Balsam Range

I read a shocking statistic the other day: 56 percent of Americans have started their Christmas shopping. Shocking because I hadn’t even ordered a Thanksgiving turkey yet, let alone given a single thought to Dec. 25. Well, I still haven’t ordered

It's officially November, and you know what that means... Christmas music! Some folks still get hot under the collar when they see Christmas displays in the stores before Thanksgiving, but for artists wanting to share new holiday music, the process always

Balsam Range was so thankful upon seeing their song, Something 'Bout That Suitcase, hit #1 on our Bluegrass Today Monthly Airplay Chart last week that they decided to create a special video as a show of gratitude. They asked fans to

James Joyce was surely among the most celebrated and influential authors of the 20th century. The Irish novelist, playwright, and poet is remembered perhaps most widely for his magnum opus, Ulysses, and shorter works, A Portrait Of The Artist As

Balsam Range performs at the Colonial Theater in Canton, NC (3/4/17) - photo by Wayne Ebinger Balsam Range, the first bluegrass group to rise to the top from Asheville's newly expansive music scene, celebrated a major milestone last weekend with a

Saturday at Christmas in the Smokies opened with several instrument workshops. Tommy Long and Morgan Moore led one for guitars. Ben Greene led one for banjo. Stanley Efaw led the fiddle workshop. Mark Templeton and Pocket Change led off the day

When Balsam Range came onto the scene in 2007, we all knew this Haywood County band would quickly become a major name in our beloved bluegrass world. It wasn’t because they were instrumental and vocal heavyweights—that’s common in our world;

Mountain Home Music has just released a music video from Balsam Range with a live, in-studio performance of one of the songs from their upcoming album, Mountain Voodoo. It's for Blue Collar Dreams, a hard-luck, hard-workin' song from Aaron Bibelhauser, sung as a duet

Nothin’ Fancy had a perfect weather weekend for their 16th festival this past weekend. Remington Ryde opened Friday’s show to a “ready for some bluegrass music” crowd. They were followed by multi-IBMA award nominees, Flatt Lonesome. Then Little Roy Lewis and

Tim Surret, bass player with Balsam Range and IBMA Board Chair, was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon after spending two days in for observation and testing. The band worked a man down this past weekend, giving Tim some