Rural Rhythm Records

This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. Friday morning, the first day of the IBMA Fan Fest, is usually spent fighting the crowds angling for good concert seats and buying

This post is a contribution from Terri Holloway, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See her profile here. IBMA's World of Bluegrass isn't just one of those business conferences that goes from 8am to 5pm. This one actually begins much later

Rural Rhythm Records is set to release a single from their upcoming 55th Anniversary CD, All-Star Jam - Live At Graves Mountain, a collection of 12 tracks recorded at the 2010 Graves Mountain Festival Of Music this past summer. The album

The Graves Mountain Festival of Music has been a staple event on the bluegrass calendar each year since they held their first event 18 years ago. Held annually on or near the Memorial Day weekend, Graves has had a traditional

Also in the studio this month are The Bartley Bothers - Shayne and Rick. They have just finished tracking for their debut album with Rural Rhythm Records and will soon begin the mixing process. Shayne Bartley tells us that most of

After this weekend's news about the formation of The Boxcars, one big question remained. The new band grabbed Keith Garrett and Harold Nixon from Blue Moon Rising to join Ron Stewart, Adam Steffey and John Bowman - leaving Chris West

Rural Rhythm Records signed cowboy crooner - and recent bluegrass convert - Michael Martin Murphey to a multi-album contract during last week's IBMA convention in Nashville. Murphey was in town to perform with a number of Rural Rhythm artists at IBMA,

Wednesday night at IBMA, we spent an hour or so at a special Rural Rhythm Records showcase, held to highlight a number of their top acts, and to announce a major initiative for 2010. Next year, they will celebrate 55

Rural Rhythm Records will launch their Gospel imprint (Rural Rhythm Christian) with a newly remastered reissue of a Larry Sparks Gospel album released in 2001 to limited distribution. I Just Want To Thank You Lord features Larry with his band at

Lou Reid & Carolina have signed with Rural Rhythm Records, who will release their next CD, My Own Set Of Rules, later this summer. Lou produced the new album which was recorded in early 2009. Reid works as guitarist/vocalist with Seldom