2018 has been a good year for Deeper Shade of Blue. The western North Carolina quintet signed with Mountain Fever Records, and released their first album with the label, called Steam. After 17 years together and six independently-released projects, these boys have
Mountain Home Music Company has released a second single from their upcoming project with Lonesome River Band. This time it's a mid-tempo leavin' song called Wreck Of My Heart, which guitarist and lead singer Brandon Rickman says is a perfect fit
CJM Productions, whose music video and interview program, Bluegrass Ridge, airs weekly in TV syndication, has announced that the new hosts for the show will be Daniel and Carolyn Routh from Nu-Blu. Up until now, the show has featured a rotating
Corey Zink has announced the newest member to his group, Zink & Co. Doug Bartlett has joined the band, playing mandolin and some twin fiddle. Doug's should be a familiar face to bluegrass fans, as he has worked with a number
New, previously-unreleased tracks from the dynamic bluegrass and old-time duo Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard are set for release later this year on Free Dirt Records. Today it is announced that Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 will
George Carr (left) with Jeanne Fitzner and Brian Sweeney backstage at the Salt River Bluegrass Festival This year's 40th annual Salt River Bluegrass Festival looks like it will be the last, owing to the failing health of founder and promoter George Carr. A
Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard (standing) sign a contract with Darrell Webb and Barry Abernathy Billy Blue Records, the newly-formed bluegrass label headed by Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard, has signed their first artists, Appalachian Road Show, a new band project
The Goodfellers, a hard-driving bluegrass band from Pinnacle, NC, make much of the gangster theme implied in their band name, though largely in a lighthearted fashion. It's a clever, down home play on the title of the 1990 film, Goodfellas,
FloydFest in southwestern Virginia was one of the first large-scale music festivals based on a wide variety of musical genres. Since they launched in 2002 the event has changed the culture and the landscape of the sleepy little town of
Larry Sparks at the 2018 Red, White & Bluegrass - photo by Laura Tate Photography Here is a second gallery of images Laura Tate captured earlier this month at the 2018 Red, White & Bluegrass Festival. You can see more of
