Mountain Fever Records, located in southwest Virginia's scenic Blue Ridge mountains, has announced the signing of Kentucky's popular NewTown to the label. The Lexington-based group is built around the husband-and-wife team of Kati Penn Williams and Jr. Williams, the two primary
Naomi Wise, a true life ballad written by Donna Hughes and recorded by NewTown on their 2018 album, Old World, has been honored by the state of North Carolina with a Legends & Lore monument. Donna performed the song yesterday at
NewTown has a new music video for Long Hard Road, one of the songs on their current album, Old World, with Mountain Home Music Company. The Lexington-based band is rooted by the husband-and-wife team of Jr Williams and Kati Penn Williams,
Based in Lexington, Kentucky, and fronted by vocalist/fiddler Kati Penn Williams and her singer/banjo player husband, Jr. Williams, NewTown produces a sound that typifies today’s new generation of bluegrass bands. Formed in 2009, the band got its start when Williams
On the heels of their latest album, Old World - from which the single Naomi Wise is moving up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart - NewTown has announced the addition of Jared Hensley to the band on guitar. Jared had
Jr Williams, in the hospital on Wednesday, and getting the oil changed on Thursday Jr Williams, the gregarious banjo player with NewTown spent the past two days in the hospital getting a pacemaker installed. He tells us that his heart rate had
Mountain Home Music has released a second single this summer from Kentucky's NewTown. The husband-and-wife band features vocals from Kati Penn Williams and Jr Williams, both veterans of the bluegrass circuit for many years. This time it's Kati's turn out front
Mountain Home Music has released a new single for NewTown, and a music video at the same time. NewTown is among the most consistently satisfying groups in our music, always finding strong material that suits their many talents. With two primary
We've found a couple of photos of bluegrass artists dressed up for Halloween. First up, NewTown, in their scariest attire...... and a Who Wore It Best between Darrell Webb and Skip Cherryholmes.If you find any others, send 'em our way and
September 5 will mark the debut of a new television program airing on multiple cable and satellite platforms. Called Nashville Insider, the show will be hosted by Caroline Cutbirth Hobby, a Nashville songwriter and performer, and a former contestant on The
