• Feller and Hill & the Bluegrass Buckaroos

    What do you get when you mix traditional bluegrass with "real country?" I don't know either, but it probably sounds a lot like Feller and Hill. Both Tom Feller and Chris Hill will be familiar faces to bluegrass audiences, Tom from

  • Letters from Camp: Day 5

    Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. We had another half-day session yesterday, starting at 9:15 a.m. and going to 1:30 p.m., leaving a nice opportunity to go sightseeing. Although there are many

  • Other Side Of Lonesome from Brand New Strings

    Rural Rhythm has released a new single to radio from the upcoming Brand New Strings CD, Stay Tuned. The song is Other Side Of Lonesome, a contribution from guitarist/vocalist Randall Massengil. He is joined by Stuart Wyrick on banjo, Tony Mowell on

  • Craig Havighurst to produce for Music City Roots

    Craig Havighurst, writer, NPR music journalist, independent filmmaker and IBMA Board member, has been tapped as Senior Producer for Music City Roots, a weekly, two-hour live radio/television broadcast aired on Wednesday's from Nashville's Loveless Cafe. The show presents music from a

  • Introducing the Clay Hess Band

    Clay Hess has his new band in place and is booking shows for the upcoming festival season. Clay handled lead guitar duties for Sierra Hull and Highway 111 until last month. Joining him to tour in support of his solo album,

  • Big year for Big Country Bluegrass

    In today’s world of bluegrass, many musicians find it difficult to keep a band together for even a short period of time. However, there are a few who seem to have endured changes in personnel and within the genre, and

  • Letters from Camp: Day 4

    Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. After a couple of eight-hour days in class, not including jamming and individual practice outside class, we were given the morning off to work on our

  • Great news – Herschel Sizemore in remission

    Pioneering bluegrass mandolinist Herschel Sizemore has spent the past few months battling a cancer in his throat, undergoing radiation treatments since October of last year. Today he spoke with both his ENT and his oncologist, who both gave him a clean