The West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame have selected Kevin and Debbie Williamson, leaders of the family band, Williamson Branch, for induction this month. The husband and wife team are natives of Kenova, WV, and have been singing together since
As the snow flies outside my studio window, and the pressures of unfinished tasks threaten to bring out the grinchiest of my Grinch-like qualities, I'm sitting here wearing a huge who-cares smile. Reality can wait until next week, maybe even
And so, with the start of Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies, we officially begin the holiday season at Bluegrass Today. We have dozens of new Christmas releases to share over the next few weeks, so there should be no excuse
Anthony Howell, the talented young multi-instrumentalist playing banjo, mandolin, and guitar with Williamson Branch, has announced that he is leaving the group. For the past several years, Howell has been the only non-Williamson in the Branch, alongside Kevin and Debbie Williamson
What started as a way to memorialize her grandfather has become a permanent part of Michelle Canning's annual musical calender. The Nashville-based songwriter and bandleader will host her 11th annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, A Night On The
Williamson Branch also has a new Christmas single this year, A Very Merry Christmas, written by David Stewart and Megan Torve. It's a joyous song, in a bluegrass style, sung by the eldest of the Williamson siblings, Melody Williamson Keyes, who
Christmastime 2021 is really hitting its stride this week. TV networks other than Hallmark are showing Christmas movies, and the stores are putting up their Christmas displays. Here at Bluegrass Today, we will be sharing a bunch of new Christmas songs
Most folks in bluegrass know Anthony Howell as the talented young banjo picker with Williamson Branch, where he is also called upon to play guitar and mandolin on occasion. But you may not know that he is also a gifted
Another happy bluegrass union has occurred. Melody Williamson, lead vocalist and fiddler in her family's Nashville-based band, Williamson Branch, and Geoffrey Keyes, sound engineer with Morganton, NC's Blue Ridge Sound, were wed on April 11. The ceremony took place in
Pinecastle Records is celebrating today's release of Heritage & Hope from Williamson Branch with a new music video for one the tracks. Over the past few years, Williamson Branch has established themselves as one of the most delightfully entertaining bluegrass acts
