Writers are always counseled to write what they know. That's not an issue for Irene Kelley, who has created a cabin industry of sorts out of writing songs about home, family, and her life. Her latest indie CD, Snow White
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Yellow Brick Highway from Irene Kelley
Veteran bluegrass singer and songwriter Irene Kelley, whose every song seems to move up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart, has a fifth single from her current Snow White Memories album, releasing on March 31. Like all of her songs, it
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Snow White Memories – Irene Kelley
Unlike the title of the album and the cover photo suggests, Snow White Memories from singer/songwriter Irene Kelley is not a holiday album, but a contemporary bluegrass recording filled with gorgeous original material from start to finish. The opening track, Wild Mountain Stream, contains lots
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Come Some Winter Morning from Irene Kelley with The Kruger Brothers
Irene Kelley has a new single set for release this week, a lovely, homey ballad for everyone who appreciates the ongoing transition from fall to winter. Titled Come Some Winter Morning, it is another co-write Irene completed with Ronnie Bowman and
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Playing It Forward – The Big SHEBang in Georgia
A special concert is scheduled at the end of October in Dallas, GA to benefit the Marietta Police Athletic League, hosted by Musical Charities as part of their Playing It Forward series. Billed as The Big SHEBang, it will feature performances
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4th of July in My Hometown from Irene Kelley
Writers Irene Kelley, Steve Cropper, and Justyna Kelley Irene Kelley has a new single to share, a perfect summertime song called 4th of July in My Hometown, with harmony vocals from country artist and TV personality Trisha Yearwood. It was written by Kelley
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Farm Bureau Insurance uses bluegrass for TV commercial
Farm Bureau Insurance in Tennessee has launched a new television advertising campaign featuring bluegrass music and a number of noted artists. It's for their Medicare Educator program, and started running yesterday in many Tennessee markets. Irene Kelley was cast as the
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Lonely – new single from Irene Kelley
Irene Kelley has released a new single today, one she wrote with Mark Irwin called Lonely, on her own IRK Records. If past history is any indication, you can expect this one to rise rapidly on the bluegrass radio charts. This
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Top 50 bluegrass songs of 2021
Here is a look at the most played songs on bluegrass radio for the year 2021. These numbers are compiled from our weekly bluegrass playlist charts, adding total spins for the year to determine the songs played most frequently over
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Carolina Special from Irene Kelley
Irene Kelley has a new single this month, created by her established hit-making team that has placed song after song on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. This time it's a good old fashioned train song, Carolina Special, written by Kelley