Missy Armstrong

Missy Armstrong, surely one of our most favorite bluegrass singers of the past decade, is only semi-active these days. So it is always a happy day when new music arrives from her with Melton & Miller Music. And today is such

Melton & Miller Music has a new single today for Missy Armstrong, one written by Beth Husband and Milan Miller simply called Buttons. Armstrong has been a favorite singer for bluegrass fans since she appeared on the national scene with Michigan-based

Missy Armstrong first came to the attention of the bluegrass world a few years back as the powerful lead vocalist behind several radio hits from Michigan-based band, Detour. Though she had taken some time off from performing recently, Armstrong recorded

Over the past few years, Missy Armstrong, the Michigan bluegrass songbird, has become a favorite female vocalist for a good many people, including your humble correspondent. From her first recording with Detour, through her current solo efforts for Melton &

It looks like Missy Armstrong is back, at least to the bluegrass radio world. The incandescent songbird has been a true bright light in the bluegrass world of late, appearing with the Michigan-based Detour for several years, before stepping aside

For their latest single, Melton & Miller Music has called upon the underutilized talents of bluegrass songstress Missy Armstrong. In it, she tells the story of a woman who spurns the advances of the allegorical brute who ended the lives

Here's another Christmas video from Missy Armstrong and Jeff Rose of Detour, their version of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. This song is said to be one of the top selling records of all time, with various versions notching 100 million

Jeff Rose and Missy Armstrong from Detour recorded this video as a Merry Christmas wish for all their fans and friends. It's their unadorned arrangement of Go Tell It On The Mountain.   Any time is a good time to hear Missy

Detour really shook up the bluegrass world in 2012 with the release of A Better Place, the Michigan band's third album. It was remarkable for the introduction of a new voice and sound in the person of Missy Armstrong, the

I mentioned over the weekend in the just how much I was enjoying Detour's latest album, Going Nowhere Fast. We'll have a review of the record soon, but in the meantime, here are a couple of videos shot earlier this month when