Fatherhood has a profound impact, and each man who experiences it feels the change in his own way. For Ronnie McCoury, it has called him to record bluegrass music designed to appeal to young listeners, and hopefully bring families together
Del McCoury
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Merlefest audio archived at mvyradio.com
Brance mentioned last month - just ahead of the Merlefest weekend - that a number of live onlive audio streams would be available from the festival, and that audio archives would be available as well after the fact. You can find
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Two new digital reissues from Rebel
Rebel Records has reissued two more bluegrass classics as download only releases, available only from eMusic and iTunes. Both were originally released on LP in the early-to-mid 1970s. Folks these days know Ricky Skaggs as a successful band leader, vocalist and
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McCoury Music signs with RED Distribution
CMT.com is reporting that McCoury Music has signed an exclusion distribution deal with RED Distribution. McCoury Music was formed to release the recordings of bluegrass superstar Del McCoury when he left Rounder Records in 2003. They are also set to release
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Del McCoury Band touring with Vince Gill
Vince Gill has announced the addition of The Del McCoury Band to an 18 date summer tour swing, in continuing support of his recent 4 disk mega-release, These Days. Gill's wife Amy Grant will also be featured on this tour,
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McCoury Music previews new Sparks CD
McCoury Music has four tracks from the upcoming Larry Sparks CD, The Last Suit You Wear, available for online listening on their MySpace page. The CD is due for release shortly on the McCoury label, produced by Don Rigsby and
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Be Del’s friend and win!
As The Del McCoury Band sets their sights on their 10,000th MySpace Friend, they have decided to mark the milestone with a special prize for the Friend who sets the mark. The 10,000th Friend will receive a copy of the official
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Three great re-issues due from Rebel
Rebel Records is continuing their laudable efforts to get classic LPs released on CD, and/or for digital download. Many serious bluegrass fans had feared that much of the recorded legacy of bluegrass music might become unavailable when digital media took
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Bluegrass in the Dove Awards
The Gospel Music Association announced yesterday their nominees for this year's Dove Awards. The awards do include two bluegrass categories for Song of the Year and Album of Year. Here are this year's bluegrass nominees. BLUEGRASS RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR (Song,
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WDVX Knoxville auctions autographed Santa Cruz guitar
Earlier this week we told you about the fundraising auction being held by WDVX Knoxville, and of the autographed Martin DXM guitar being auctioned. That auction ends tomorrow, Sunday February 11th, but this evening sees the beginning of the auction