• Close The Door Lightly – Matt Wallace

    Knoxville, TN-based bassist Matt Wallace has spent most of his career as a sideman, supporting such artists as Paul Williams, Audie Blaylock, David Parmley, and Terry Baucom, among others. After a fine solo debut back in 2014, Wallace is back

  • Midnight Fire from Matt Wallace

    Bluegrass bass player and vocalist Matt Wallace has a new single dropping tomorrow with Huckleberry Music, a grassy remake of Steve Wariner's 1983 hit, Midnight Fire. Matt is stepping out from the sideman role these days, after years working with Audie

  • Back Away – new single from Matt Wallace

    For his latest single from Huckleberry Records, bluegrass bassist and vocalist Matt Wallace has reached back to a song by prolific songwriter Jake Landers, and a live recording by The Bluegrass Cardinals, for a lively little number called Back Away. Matt's

  • Hills I Used To Roam from Matt Wallace

    Noted Knoxville bassist and bandleader Matt Wallace has a new single to share this month on Huckleberry Records, a division of Turnberry Records in California. Hills I Used To Roam, written by Alex Hibbitts, showcases Matt's ability to put together a

  • Welcome Weston Wallace

    Bluegrass bass player at large Matt Wallace and his wife Carrie are celebrating the birth of a son today. Weston Wallace was born earlier today in Knoxville. He came in at 8.1 lbs., stretching to  21.5''. He's #3 for the Wallaces, joining older

  • For a Season – Matt Wallace

    One of the latest sidemen to make a solo debut is bass player Matt Wallace. A Knoxville, TN native who has done stints with Newton & Thomas, Paul Williams & the Victory Trio, David Parmley & Continental Divide, and Audie

  • New projects from Pinecastle this year

    Pinecastle Records' Ethan Burkhardt shared some news today about what they have in the pipeline for 2014. They have just recently released a new CD for bassist/vocalist Matt Wallace, and had previously announced one coming from reso-man Phil Leadbetter and

  • Congratulations Matt and Carrie

    If it seems like we've been writing about Matt Wallace every few days, it's because we have. First we mentioned the debut single from his upcoming Pinecastle release, then his membership in Terry Baucom's new band, The Dukes of Drive, and

  • Welcome the Dukes of Drive

    Is there anyone more beloved inside bluegrass music than Terry Baucom? His banjo style is plainly definitive of the link between Earl Scruggs, through J.D. Crowe, and on to modern 1-4-5 drive. On top of that, he is among the kindest,

  • Debut single from Matt Wallace

    Pinecastle has announced a March 11 release date for For A Season, a solo project from Knoxville bass player and vocalist, Matt Wallace. The album features Matt and a number of other very talented singers, including Paul Brewster, Jesse Gregory,