• Onwards and Upwards – Niall Toner

    With music scenes in such far-flung locations as Japan, the Czech Republic, and New Zealand, it is becoming more and more apparent that bluegrass music has come a long way from its roots in Bill Monroe’s western Kentucky hometown of

  • Donna Ulisse – All The Way To Bethlehem

    Now that November is upon us, it seems like fair game to start talking about Christmas, and the new Christmas-themed project from Donna Ulisse. All The Way To Bethlehem, recently released by Hadley Music Group, is quite a departure from the

  • Tomorrow from Niall Toner

    Pinecastle has dropped a debut single from Niall Toner's upcoming CD, which should be available by the time that Toner makes the trek from his native Ireland to the US for IBMA in the Fall. Niall tells us that that the

  • Merry Christmas from Donna Ulisse

    Yeah, yeah... it's not even Thanksgiving yet. But things move fast these days, and Donna Ulisse is out with a pair of original Christmas tracks to help you celebrate in bluegrass/acoustic style. And we do mean move fast. These songs were

  • William Smith Monroe from Niall Toner

    Bill Monroe's music has obviously had a profound impact on players and followers of bluegrass and related acoustic music around the world. It started out in the southeastern US on "hillbilly" radio, and grew to include an ever larger audience

  • Donna Ulisse album on the way

    Also in the studio this month is singer/songwriter Donna Ulisse who has just finished up a new project for Hadley Music Group. Donna has two previous Hadley Music CDs featuring her lovely voice and fine original songs. She had a cup

  • Keith Sewell – The Way Of A Wanderer

    It's not likely that anyone would challenge the talent of Keith Sewell. As a picker and singer, he's worked with Ricky Skaggs, James Taylor, Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas and The Dixie Chicks. His songs have been cut by Skaggs,

  • Donna Ulisse video bio

    Hadley Music Group, who recently released Walk This Mountain Down, their second CD from Donna Ulisse, has also created a web video to showcase Donna and the new album. It was produced by String Theory Media in Nashville, and includes interviews

  • Donna Ulisse back in the studio

    We hear from Hadley Music Group that Donna Ulisse was recently back in the studio with producer/guitarist Keith Sewell and Andy Leftwich on fiddle and mandolin laying down some basic tracks on new songs she had written. Ulisse discussed this in