Just ahead of tomorrow's release of their debut, full-length album, Dreamsongs Etc, Bill and The Belles have released a second video from the project on Jalopy Records. It's more of their pre-bluegrass string music, part swing... part tin pan alley... and all
Though it may sound like heresy to some true believers, there was actually enjoyable stringboard music prior to the development of bluegrass with Bill Monroe in the late 1940s. A good many talented artists performed with banjos and fiddles between
From east Tennessee comes a new secular Christmas song from Bill and The Belles, an annual tradition for the band, in their quirky, post-vaudeville/pre-bluegrass string band sound. This one was written by Kris Truelsen, a.k,a. Bill, with the assistance of his
ETSU’s Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program seems to churn out some of the best in the world of traditional music. As is the case with Bill and the Belles, an old time country-esque group based out of
We're winding down our coverage of the 2016 World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass events, with only a few more galleries left to post. Here are Tara Linhardt's photos and a few videos from Friday in Raleigh, NC. Bill and
Music City Roots, Nashville's roots radio and television program focusing on live performance, is stepping into the record label business, releasing live sets from a variety of artists who have appeared on the show. Calling the series Live!, each will
Bill and the Belles, a retro string band from East Tennessee, have shared this charming Christmas video filmed at the Pointer Brand factory in Bristol. It's their version of the Bob Wills holiday classic, Santa Is On His Way, complete with
Bill and The Belles is a quartet based in Johnson City, TN who specialize in what they call early country music. This is the music created by rural, mostly Southern Americans, from the development of broadcast radio in the 1920s