• Welcome Cirabella Arnett

    Nathan Arnett, guitarist and vocalist with Kentucky's Turning Ground, and his wife, Chesi, have welcomed another member of their family. Cirabella Strode Arnett was born on March 30 at the Pikeville Medical Center. She came in weighing 7lbs 11oz, stretching out to

  • Crazy House – Turning Ground

    If you're looking for a fine example of the hard-driving modern traditional style of bluegrass that has been popular over the past decade or so, look no further than eastern Kentucky's Turning Ground. On their new album from Pinecastle Records,

  • Revered Jackson drops for Turning Ground

    Kentucky's Turning Ground has been making noise in the bluegrass world since winning the First Annual Banjo Island Band competition in 2014. Now signed with Pinecastle Records, the quintet is working on a new album of mostly original material. A debut

  • Turning Ground to Turnberry Management

    Turnberry Records and Management has announced the signing of eastern Kentucky's Turning Ground for management services. The band records bluegrass and Gospel for Bonfire Music Group. Keith Barnacastle, Turnberry's president, has nothing but praise for his new signees, and their lead

  • Old Country Store – Turning Ground

    Turning Ground tends to eschew both posturing and pretence in their determination to deliver sweet sentiment and a rousing good time. The Salyersville Kentucky-based quintet — singer/guitarist Nathan Arnet, guitarist/harmony singer Ralph Adams, bassist/harmony singer Kayla Amburgey, banjo/harmony singer Josh

  • Old Country Store video from Turning Ground

    Bonfire Recording has released a new music video for Kentucky's Turning Ground. It's the title track from their current project, Old Country Store. The video was shot, appropriately enough, in an old country store by Bonfire Studios. Webb’s Grocery was the shoot

  • Turning Ground to Bonfire Recording

    Kentucky grassers Turning Ground have signed a deal with Bonfire Recording Company in Greenville, SC. And to celebrate, they have released a single from their upcoming Bonfire project, a song called Old Country Store. The band is based around the singing and

  • Turning Ground to Wilson Pickins

    Wilson Pickins Promotions in South Carolina has announced the signing of Turning Ground, a Kentucky bluegrass band based in Salyersville. Melanie Wilson with Wilson Pickins will provide booking and publicity services for the group. Turning Ground is based around the singing and

  • Turning Ground wins Bluegrass Island competition

    At last weekend's Outer Banks Bluegras Festival in Manteo, NC, Turning Ground from Salyersville, KY was announced as the winners of the First Annual Banjo Island Band competition. The invitational contest was held on September 26, with each of 7 groups performing

  • Chad Gilbert to Turning Ground

    We heard last week from Kentucky banjo player Mike Daniels, who shared that Chad Gilbert had joined his band, Turning Ground. Chad is playing bass, and had been working with Tommy Webb, and with New River Line before that. Nathan Arnett