Barry Bales

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