• Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart – 8/8/14

    Our August 8 Weekly Airplay chart is out, and Larry Sparks has returned to the #1 position with Bitterweeds from his 50th Anniversray album, Lonesome and Then Some. The Bluegrass Brothers also return to the Top 5 with Memories Of My Childhood, tied with Rhonda Vincent's

  • Larry Sparks releases Bitterweeds

    Lonesome and Then Some is truly an album we've been waiting 50 years to hear. It's Larry Sparks' 50th anniversary record, and it's coming August 5 from Rebel Records. You may remember the superb 40 album, released to coincide with Larry's

  • Hills of Home 2014

    Our crack festival team of John Goad and Jessica Boggs attended the Ralph Stanley Hills Of Home festival on Smith Ridge near Coeburn, VA where the Stanley family has lived for many years. They captured lots of the fun -

  • Thursday at Palatka 2014

    Kody Norris and the Watauga Mountain Boys kicked off the 10th edition of the February Palatka Bluegrass show held at the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch. They were followed by the James King Band and Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers. Dailey and Vincent along

  • It’s Christmas Time – Jeff Parker

    As the weather gets colder and lights, tinsel, and garland start appearing at stores everywhere, it’s easy to know Christmas is getting closer. And with that also comes Christmas music, and the release of new holiday albums by some of

  • Blue Side Of Me from Jeff Brown

    Mountain Fever has another new CD out today, Blue Side Of Me, from Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome. Brown is a powerful vocalist, with a sound reminiscent of Larry Sparks, with whom he once worked, and the great Ralph Stanley, who

  • Larry Sparks at 50

    We caught up recently with the legendary Larry Sparks to get an update on his next album, a celebration of his 50th year performing in bluegrass music. It is expected to be released on Rebel Records in the latter part