Friday at the Marshall Bluegrass Festival opened with a newly formed band, The Local Mash, created by Tony Zapolnik and his fiancé, Jennifer Strickland. Jennifer is a well-known bassist/singer/songwriter in the bluegrass world. They are joined by Michiganders Danielle Smith
The Friday stage show at the Norwalk Music Festival was kicked off by a local band, Vertical Limit, playing strong, traditional bluegrass. They were followed by Columbus, Ohio’s Out of Mind Bluegrass Band. Co-promoter Kurt Hickman brought his band, Harbourtown to
The final day of Bluegrass in Super Class on January 12, 20014 was kicked off by Nitro Ride from Pennsylvania. They were followed by Idletymes, Remington Ryde, The Bluegrass Mountaineers, and Rhonda Vincent & the Rage. The last picture is
Jonathan Buckner, guitarist and vocalist with Chosen Road, and President of Poor Mountain Records, has announced a merger between his label and Verb Records, resulting in the creation of Merit Music Group. In addition to the two record companies, Merit
Idyletimes, whose members hail from Ohio and West Virginia, have released their debut album for Poor Mountain Records, appropriately titled Poor Mountain Home. A first single, Lorraine, is now available to radio programmers at Airplay Direct. It tells of a firefighter
July 4 mixed pouring rain and muggy sunshine at the 2013 Red, White & Bluegrass Festival, according to our on-site photographer, Bill Warren. We have also included Bill's images from July 3.
Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing of West Virginia's Idletymes. The band consists of Chris Long on guitar, Craig Jarvis on bass, Glenn Jarvis on fiddle, and Ronnie Seebaugh on banjo. They will start work shortly on a new project for Poor
