Another bluegrass baby - with a legit bluegrass name! Chris Williamson, bass player with Volume Five, and his wife Brittany, welcomed their first child into the world earlier this week. Indy Jolene Williamson was born on March 19 at 12:50 a.m. in Gainesville,
Montana's Lil Smokies have a new music video to share, recorded at the Boulder Theater in Colorado. Might As Well comes from their latest album, Changing Shades, and was written by vocalist and reso-guitarist Andy Dunnigan. He is joined by Scott Parker on bass,
When CMH Records was founded by German immigrant Martin Haerle in 1975, he and his partner, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, focused on contemporary bluegrass and traditional country music. Haerle had become a fan of the music while he lived in Germany, and
Baltimore's Charm City Bluegrass Festival has announced that they will be expanding to a two day event in this its sixth year. The urban, downtown festival will bring nearly two dozen acts from the more progressive side of bluegrass to town
Anyone who has been paying attention to bluegrass this past few years will have noticed how much the classic country sound has been creeping into the genre. Young bands in particular have been embracing the style as a part of
Back in the early days of the new century, there was a very popular group out west that was making waves in the bluegrass community. Composed of a quintet of veteran performers, Sawmill Road, thrilled audiences close to home, but were
Announcing the debut of Real Roots Radio, the wonderfully alliterative new name for the group of radio stations in southern Ohio run by bluegrass icon Joe Mullins. These include WBZI, WKFI, and WEDI, all broadcasting the same signal from the studios
Poor Mountain Records is set to release their debut album from Backline Bluegrass this weekend, and have a lead single available now for download sale. Aptly named as Lullaby, the song finds a new mother singing her baby to sleep with promises
The Flatt Lonesome Trio has scheduled a special, free Facebook Live concert for Thursday night, March 22, at 8:00 p.m. (EDT). The Trio is the sibling portion of the band, older sister Kelsi Harrigill, who is the band's mandolinist, with her younger
Like many folks who have children later in life, folksinger Michael Johnathon has a new focus on storytelling for young 'uns. In Michael's case, it was twins, so he's had double the opportunity to think up stories! He's written a book
