• Harlan Road – new single from NewTown

    Mountain Home Music has released Harlan Road, the title cut and first single from their upcoming NewTown project, due to hit on July 8. The band is based around the music of the husband/wife team of Jr. and Kati Penn Williams. Both share

  • IBMA Health Fair at WOB 2016

    The International Bluegrass Music Association will once again host a Health Fair during World of Bluegrass, their annual convention scheduled for September 27 - October 1 in Raleigh, NC. Recognizing that many professionals in the bluegrass world are self-employed and may

  • Storyman coming from Sam Bush

    More news today from Sugar Hill Records... June 24 is announced as the release date for Storyman, their 7th project for new grass legend Sam Bush. It will be Sam's first project since Circles Around Me in 2009. Bush, who also produced the

  • Sister Sadie launches powerful debut

    This recent interview with Sister Sadie is a contribution from Nancy Cardwell, long time employee and former Executive Director of the IBMA, and noted bluegrass writer and performer. Although the official release date for the self-titled debut Sister Sadie album from

  • The Stanley Brothers: Hall of Fame Oversight

    There’s a glaring omission at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Stanley Brothers deserve to be there, and every year that goes by without their induction devalues those who are enshrined. “I’ve been angry about it. I’ve been perplexed about it.

  • Tyler Smith passes

    Surely there is no greater shock in life than the sudden, tragic loss of a young person. The bluegrass world lost one this past Memorial Day weekend when Tyler Smith, a young banjo picker from Knoxville, TN, died while on