Lonesome River Band

Another bluegrass baby! Congratulations to Adam Miller, mandolinist with Lonesome River Band, and his wife, Bailey, on the birth of their first child. James Aiden Bailey was born on August 24 at 8:33 p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs, 12 oz, and

Lonesome River Band at the 2024 Big Lick Bluegrass Festival - photo © Laci Mack Laci Mack shared this gallery of photos from last night's Lonesome River Band performance at the Big Lick Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Laci! We'll have full photo coverage

New music from Lonesome River Band is always an occasion to perk up your ears. That's been true for 42 years now, and today's release of Hang Around for the Heartbreak does nothing to change the calculation. Sung by the enduring

Lonesome River Band has reached way back into the country music archives for their latest single with Mountain Home Music, a song from the 1960s called Blues of the Night. The band has enjoyed a remarkable run, with a three decade

More than 40 years after their debut on the scene in 1982, Lonesome River Band is still going strong, leading the way into a second generation of punchy, contemporary bluegrass. More evidence of their staying power comes today with a

Lonesome River Band has a new single this week, the first since the release of their popular Hey Day album for Mountain Home Music last year. This one reaches back 30 years to a song written by Karl Hasten and Steve

Mountain Home Music has a new music video today for Lonesome River Band, the title track of their recently released project, Heyday. LRB has quite a history in bluegrass, starting in the early 1980s, and with 25 albums available online. Current

The Lonesome River Band is truly a unique group in the world of bluegrass music. Having operated under the same name for over three decades, and with a trail of hits leading back to the early 1990s, they are arguably

Jesse Smathers is definitely a bluegrass man. And he comes by it naturally, with both his grandfather and his great uncle, Harold and Luke Smathers, being major contributors to traditional music in Jesse's native North Carolina. In fact, the two were

Mountain Home Music has a new single for Lonesome River Band, which may a first listen to the newly-revised lineup of the band. With banjo man Sammy Shelor still firmly in control, and right hand man Mike Hargrove beside him on