• Jim and Josh’s excellent adventure

    I had a nice conversation this afternoon with fiddlemeister Jim VanCleve, during which he shared word about his and Josh Shilling's unexpected trip to St. Croix to play music. Apparently Jim has a business acquaintance who is involved in bringing

  • NewFound Road – Same Old Place

    Same Old Place, the second Rounder release from NewFound Road, is due to hit a week from today, on April 28. We had commented a number of times about this album as it was progressing from concept to reality, and have

  • NewFound Road out west

    NewFound Road is back home after recently completing a west coast tour with fiddler Jim Van Cleve in tow. The band had shows in Arizona and California, taking a brief time out for a bit of tourist activity while in

  • Happy news from Jim VanCleve

    Jim VanCleve is celebrating today. The Mountain Heart fiddler and his lovely wife Desneige have just learned that they will be the parents of a baby boy, due to arrive on July 27. This will be their second child, who will assume

  • Same Old Place from NewFound Road

    April 28 has been announced as the official release date for Same Old Place, the new Rounder CD from NewFound Road. The band enlisted a new producer, Jim Van Cleve, and spent more time in the studio than they had on

  • Clay Jones back with Mountain Heart

    After a hiatus of 16 months, Clay Jones has re-assumed the guitar chair with Mountain Heart. Jones left the band in August of 2007 to deal with some personal and familial issues, and with Clay Hess having left the group to

  • NewFound Road on WDVX

    NewFound Road will be among the guests on Friday's (11/21) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX. They will do a 15 minute set during the show, which airs at noon (EST), broadcasting at 102.9 FM in Knoxville, TN - and

  • Mountain Heart with Tony Rice

    Last week, Brance posted a few photos of Mountain Heart performing with Tony Rice at the Keith Case suite on Wednesday of IBMA week. They also did a main stage show during Fan Fest, and fiddler Jim Van Cleve sent along

  • Rural Rhythm to Radio – #2

    Rural Rhythm Records has been releasing some really good bluegrass in the last few years. They've also been working hard to make sure we all get to hear this great music. One of their efforts in that regard has been