Billy Blue Records has announced a new, all-gospel album with noted bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang. Titled Blue Collar Gospel, the project unites new Lang compositions with some of the top vocalists in bluegrass, as we hear on the first single,
Barry Abernathy
Barry Abernathy and Friends
This just released project from Barry Abernathy of Appalachian Road Show is a must have for bluegrass music fans. Barry Abernathy and Friends is aptly titled. The album features a dream-team ensemble, hand-picked (no pun intended) by Abernathy himself. The core
Birmingham Jail from Barry Abernathy, featuring Vince Gill
Billy Blue Records has announced the imminent release of a new album from Barry Abernathy called Barry Abernathy & Friends, that is actually four years old. Bluegrass fans remember Barry well from his time with Mountain Heart, and these days for his
In The Resurrection Morning – tribute to Steve Gulley
The bluegrass world is just coming to terms with the loss of Steve Gulley earlier this year to an aggressive intestinal cancer. He passed on August 18, not even a month after receiving his diagnosis, many years too soon. Recently a
Barry Abernathy family video from the Today show
In case you missed the appearance this morning of Barry Abernathy and his family on the Today show - or might want to see it again - here is the video. The segment not only includes discussion with the Abernathy's, it
Barry Abernathy and family to be interviewed on The Today Show
Barry Abernathy, banjo player and vocalist with Appalachian Road Show, will be appearing tomorrow morning along with his family on the Today show. They will be on to talk about Barry and Beverly Abernathy having recently adopted a pair of siblings
Barry Abernathy adopts two young children, one with his same birth defect
We were all amazed and impressed the first time that we saw Barry Abernathy pick the banjo. Born with only a thumb and stub of an index finger on his left hand, he reached over the top of the banjo
Billy Blue Records signs Appalachian Road Show
Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard (standing) sign a contract with Darrell Webb and Barry Abernathy Billy Blue Records, the newly-formed bluegrass label headed by Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard, has signed their first artists, Appalachian Road Show, a new band project
Barry Abernathy coming back strong
A few weeks ago we reported that Barry Abernathy, he of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and IIIrd Tyme Out fame, was set to make a return to bluegrass. A new album is in the works, and a return to touring is
Barry Abernathy working on first solo project
Barry Abernathy might not be as prominent in the bluegrass world as he once was, but the noted banjo picker and vocalist has set to work this year to do something about that. The Georgia native spent most of his youth