Lonesome River Band

When Aerosmith's legendary lead singer Steve Tyler made it known that he was moving to Nashville to get involved in country music, there were a lot of doubters. "What does this rocker know about country music?" and "It's just a

How do keep a band sounding fresh after nearly 35 years as a bluegrass institution? Strong new material certainly helps, as does bringing in some youth from time to time. That seems to be the formula Lonesome River Band is following, based

The 12th February Palatka Bluegrass festival opened Thursday at the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch. Florida band Penny Creek opened the show. Greg Cahill brought Special Consensus to the stage. Special C is in its 41st year of touring and always brings top notch music

Mountain Home Music has released a music video for the first single from Bridging The Tradition, their upcoming album with Lonesome River Band. The song is Thunder and Lightning, written by Adam Wright. Have a gander at the video, which catches the

Sammy Shelor, banjoist extraordinaire and leader of the indomitable Lonesome River Band, was surprised last week when he was presented with the Key to the City of Martinsville, VA. Shelor was performing with some buddies of his at Mtn' Jax Restaurant

Mountain Home Music has announced a March 19 release date for Bridging The Tradition, their upcoming album for Lonesome River Band. The title was chosen as a deliberate reference to the album that put LRB on the map back in 1991.

Here's a set of photos and a few videos from Wednesday at the 2015 World of Bluegrass from Tara Linhardt. Nessie Expedition on the Masters Stage... Lonesome River Band at the Momentum Awards... And The Church Sisters at the Momentum Awards.

The Springer Mountain Farms “Chicken Coop” was open at noon on Friday of the Dailey and Vincent Land Fest at the Denton Farm Park. The chef was handing out tasty samples. The day's show started with the Church Sisters bringing their

Mountain Home Music has released a compilation album for Lonesome River Band, containing 12 tracks from the band's prior projects for the label, which are no longer available on CD. LRB's Sammy Shelor chose the tracks for Coming Back Home To

Frank Baker shared these images from last weekend's August Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, with more to come.