Lonesome River Band

And speaking of Brandon Rickman... Brandon and his wife Amy welcomed their first child, Briar Lee Rickman, into the world last week. Briar was born on May 11 at 12:45 p.m. (CDT). He weighed in at 7.9 lbs, standing 20.5'' tall. Welcome

The first single from the next Lonesome River Band CD has gone out to radio. It's a medium-tempo ballad called Record Time Machine written by Marvin Clark, and tells the story of "that old RCA phonograph record time machine" that

The first single from the next Lonesome River Band CD has gone out to radio. It's a medium-tempo ballad called Record Time Machine written  by Marvin Clark, and tells the story of "that old RCA phonograph record time machine" that takes

Don Rigsby hosted  a reunion of one of the classic Lonesome River Band lineups this past weekend at The Mountain Arts Center in Prestonburg, KY. The show featured Don, Ronnie Bowman, Sammy Shelor and Kenny Smith, who performed together as

In February, we posted about a special project band featuring a number of notable pickers who were getting together to do some off-season concert gigs. The band will include John Miller on guitar, Jesse Brock on mandolin, Joey Cox on

Lonesome River Band is on the cover of the February 2010 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, on newstands now. The cover feature - plus a sidebar on LRB guitarist/vocalist Brandon Rickman - was written by Chris Stuart, a regular BU contributor and

Bradon Rickman, head crooner and guitarist with Lonesome River Band, has been chosen as the recipient of the Spirit Award's Song Of The Year for 2010. These awards are given by Strictly Country magazine based on fan voting, and the

Lonesome River Band is one of bluegrass music's longest running touring acts. They recently completed 28 years recording and performing under that name, serving as a proving ground for some of today's most celebrated bluegrass artists in the process. Adam Steffey,

Sammy Shelor tells us that Lonesome River Band is in the studio this week tracking material for a new CD on Rural Rhythm Records. They are cutting at Mountain Fever Studio in Riner, VA. "In the last two days we have

Wednesday night at IBMA, we spent an hour or so at a special Rural Rhythm Records showcase, held to highlight a number of their top acts, and to announce a major initiative for 2010. Next year, they will celebrate 55