Barry Bales

Here are a bunch of photos I took at the Dan Tyminski Band concert on Friday night. The band was great, on stage and off. They did a fine show, and took plenty of time to visit with fans afterwards.

Another piece of news we picked up here at IBMA is the imminent launch of Dan Tyminski's band. All of the Union Station guys have been looking at a blank schedule for 2008, with Alison Krauss planning to take the year

John posted Saturday with his review of the Tony Rice/AKUS concert we attended Friday evening. Here are my thoughts on the concert after a weekend of reflection on the show. As John said in his post, we missed the first couple

Here's an update to our post late last week about A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection, the collection due from Rounder in April that primarily highlights Alison Krauss' contributions to films and recordings by other artists. We mentioned in that

Last January, both Brance and I had the chance to attend the Pickin' at the Paramount all star concert in Bristol, TN. The show was an offshoot of one that I helped organize in 2000 (reprised in 2001) to celebrate

Over the weekend I came across a post on Ron Block's website stating that overdubs are almost complete on what appears to be a new solo project from Ron. Overdubs continue in my basement studio. I'm looking to finish all my

Tresa Jordan is the name of a new CD project from this bluegrass and country singer/songwriter, just released on South River Road Records. A debut single, I Turn To Country, has been promoted in recent weeks to country radio, and