Buddy Melton, fiddler, vocalist, and founding member of perennial bluegrass headliners Balsam Range, has announced his departure from the group. Since the band's founding in 2007 by five friends living in Haywood County, NC - just west of Asheville - Melton
The owner/operators of the Melton & Miller Music record label have been trading singles this past two weeks. Last Friday we had Talking To Myself from Milan Miller, and today Buddy Melton has A Dimond Took My Place. We all know
For their latest single, Melton & Miller Music has called upon the underutilized talents of bluegrass songstress Missy Armstrong. In it, she tells the story of a woman who spurns the advances of the allegorical brute who ended the lives
Any attempt to tally the number of awards and accolades Balsam Range has accumulated since the band’s formation in 2007 is no easy task. Given their multiple citations by the IBMA both individually and collectively (a total of 13 awards
Buddy Melton and Milan Miller have released a video tease for another of the songs from their current Secrets, Dreams and Pretty Things duo project. This time the guys take a horror film-themed approach, complete with grainy black & white images and creepy music
Buddy Melton and Milan Miller have released a video to introduce everyone to their new duo album, Secrets, Dreams & Pretty Things. Buddy, of course, is the fiddler and tenor singer with Balsam Range, and Milan is a noted songwriter who
It's always great to see fine people achieve success in bluegrass music, or in any other endeavor in life. Such is the story of Buddy Melton and Milan Miller, a pair of picking buddies from western North Carolina this 20 plus
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the original bluegrass band, we find ourselves missing a good many of the pioneers that brought it to life. Many have received flowers while they were living, while others passed before seeing bluegrass
Summer McMahan, the talented lead singer for Mountain Faith, has struck out on her own with a new self-produced solo project, The Story Of My Life. In reviewing the band's last album, Battlefield, we offered high praise for her singing and
John Driskell Hopkins, bass player with the Zac Brown Band, has teamed up with Balsam Range to record an album of his original music, Daylight, which will be independently released on January 22, 2013. The bulk of the music is performed with
