Robert Hale

If you want to start a tussle at a pop musicologists convention, throw out a question about how rock n roll music got started. It's commonly asserted that it was an outgrowth of rural blues music in the southern black

Pinecastle Records has released a first single for Robert Hale, from his upcoming album of bluegrass covers, Blue Haze, expected later this year. Like so many bluegrass artists, Robert started playing with his family, his dad Clayton's band in West Virginia

A debut single has been released from the upcoming project by Phil Leadbetter & The Allstars of Bluegrass, a new superstar side project fronted by the reso-man who refuses to let health issues get him down. Even after five battles with

This gallery of photos from last weekend's South Carolina State Bluegrass festival are a contribution from Laura Tate Photography.

Bluegrass Today will have a team at this weekend's Pickin' In The Panhandle festival in West Virginia. We will have reports from the festival, with photos and video updates, starting Friday afternoon. The fest offers two stages of music (three on Saturday),

My friend Stacy Grubb, a West Virginia singer-songwriter, sometimes muses that her music is too bluegrass for country and too country for bluegrass. That’s a perfect description for Pure & Simple, the first solo release from Robert Hale, the former

My friend Stacy Grubb, a West Virginia singer-songwriter, sometimes muses that her music is too bluegrass for country and too country for bluegrass. That’s a perfect description for Pure & Simple, the first solo release from Robert Hale, the former

Apparently, playing in a bluegrass band is a lot like riding a bicycle. Once you learn how to do it, you don’t forget how, even if years go by without doing it. You might wobble a bit, but the basics

Pinecastle has announced two new projects set for release early in 2012. First up is a twin mandolin project from Alan Bibey and Wayne Benson. This one has been in the works for several years, and was thought to have been

Wildfire guitarist/vocalist Robert Hale is working on a solo project, according to the Wildfire web site. They don't say much about the material or the guest artists, except to say that many of Robert's long time musical friends and collaborators