Lonesome River Band

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

Jesse Smathers, guitarist and tenor vocalist with Lonesome River Band, has announced a new self-titled solo project, with a new single out today for everyone to get a taste. Folks in the Virginia/Carolina region have known of this young artist's talent

It goes without saying that bluegrass is part of a timeless tradition that’s been carried forward from one generation to the next. Even those artists and ensembles that publicly profess the need to add their own individual elements to the

Following the past year of restricted performance opportunities for touring artists, a lot of your favorite bands may look a bit different this summer season. Not many folks can survive a year with no income, and we have seen a

With a new single from Lonesome River Band due tomorrow (June 4), Mountain Home Music has agreed to give our readers a sneak peek one day early. It's a new song called Cumberland River Shore, written as a tribute to the