Another bluegrass baby! Zion Napier, mandolinist with the Caleb Daughtery Band, and his wife, Kim, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Adam Willard Napier was born on January 16 at 10:48 p.m. at Columbus (Indiana) Regional hospital. He checked
The Burnett Sisters have called on their long-time friend and former banjo picker, Colin Ray, to assist on the first single from their upcoming debut album, Long Way From Home. Singing siblings from North Carolina, the Burnett girls have been playing
Students in bluegrass programs from two different states traveled to Kentucky this month to participate in the Bluegrass in the Schools initiative for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum. East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN and Glenville
Nathan Stanley, who as the grandson of the great Dr. Ralph Stanley, represents the third generation of the Stanley sound, has announced an agreement with the April Potter Agency in Nashville. Potter and her team will assume full management and
Pinecastle Records has dropped a single this week from Flashback, the first from their next album, Blues Around My Cabin, expected in early spring. This one offers a bit of historical fiction from guitarist Richard Bennet in a story about 19th
Orchard Creek Band is a new group on Colorado's Front Range, who sprung from the region's vibrant jam scene. From Denver to Boulder there are jam sessions most every night of the week at a bar or coffeehouse, allowing pickers to make
Mile Twelve is celebrating 2020 with a new take on an old standard. The Boston-based quintet has done a mild reworking of Rocky Island, a mountain classic recorded by Ralph Stanley in 1974, and released it as a single. And they have produced
Since last year, SamJam Bluegrass festival organizers Sam Karr and Rick Greene have helped promote the festival in a uniquely Kentucky way. They have teamed up with a craft distillery in the commonwealth to produce a special edition bourbon bottle,
Morning Glory Music has released a new single today from King James Boys, one written by Barney Rogers called Heaven's Most Wanted List. It's the second such from the band's upcoming album, Living On A Promise, due in March. The song
For several years now, Virginia old time musician Dale Morris has compiled a list of festivals and fiddlers conventions in the Appalachian region. Lots of people have come to rely on his list when making plans in Virginia, North Carolina,
