Lonesome River Band

When a Lonesome River Band CD pops up in the mailbox, I have a pretty good idea what to expect: Impeccable picking, impressive vocals and some of the best banjo picking this side of Earl Scruggs, all expertly recorded and

After this year's flash flooding, no one would have been surprised to hear that Rudy Fest was packing it in. The site in Grayson, Kentucky where the festival is held was inundated with 5'' of rain in short order on

Bon Aqua, TN, in Hickman County southwest of Nashville, will be the site of the state's newest bluegrass bash next month when the debut Bon Aqua Bluegrass Festival kicks off at the Hideaway Farm on July 1. Top bluegrass touring

Mountain Home Music has announced a June 23 release for Mayhayley’s House, their next album for Lonesome River Band. It will contain 13 new tracks from one of bluegrass music's most enduring bands, now in their 34th year of performing and

Sammy Shelor, fearless leader of Lonesome River Band, and his wife Jordyn are celebrating the arrival of their first child, Samuel Ellis Shelor. He was born on April 9 at 4:57 a.m. at the Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, VA

Friday at Christmas in the Smokies combined young bluegrass musicians and a legend in the music. The day opened with Salt and Light, the Moore Family Band. The siblings range from twenty one years of age down to eleven. They

Baseball and bluegrass... Two of the best reasons I know to get up again each morning, and why the long winter months seem so dark and dreary without them. And of course the two of them have been intrinsically linked since the

Frank Baker was on hand last night when Lonesome River Band performed at The Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh for an official kick off celebration for the IBMA's 2016 World of Bluegrass.

This report is a contribution from C.J. Lewandowski, mandolinist and vocalist with the Po' Ramblin' Boys. He helped as MC for the SamJam 16 festival, and shares his experience there for the sake of our readers. As the festival Tee's stated, it

With this post we introduce a new feature, which will appear sporadically at Bluegrass Today. The column may be new, but you all know the contributor, Katy Daley, a familiar voice from the Katy Daley Show each weekday morning at WAMU's