Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin. and Bill Nowlin, the founders and original operators of Rounder Records, will receive the 2nd annual Founding President’s Award at this week's Southeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference. They will share the award, named for Kari Estrin, founder
When we posted last month with news that bluegrass balladeer David Parmley was returning to music in 2016, it created quite a stir. His many fans from both The Bluegrass Cardinals and Continental Divide were delighted to learn that he
Band Of Ruhks stopped in the CMT studios in Nashville and shot a performance of Run With It, one of the songs from their self-titled, debut CD. This video begins with a brief interview before the guys leap into this country-flavored number.
Thanks to Fred Robbins who captured several hours of video from the April 30 memorial service and jam session held in honor of Tex Logan in Madison, NJ. The memorial was led by Logan's longtime friend and musical compatriot Barry Mitterhoff,
When Punch Brothers played The Ryman Auditorium on February 27, they also spent a few minutes backstage with Martin Fisher of The Center For Popular Music, and recorded Rye Whiskey on an Edison-style wax cylinder for their archives. This video includes
When Town Mountain performed earlier this year at the Suwannee Springfest, they shot a number of live performance videos away from the stage for the folks at Hype Music Festivals. Three songs were record with Florida swamp land as a backdrop, Coming
Nathan Stanley has a new single, Closer To Home, which is currently being serviced to bluegrass and Southern Gospel radio stations. Closer To Home was written by Darlene Fowler, who works with Nathan at The Stanley Agency, and will be included on
When the Board of Directors of the International Bluegrass Music Association meets next week in Nashville, three new Directors will be seated. They were elected in a special election to fill the seats of Board members who resigned late last
Those of us who remember with fondness Bob Webster’s stint on WAMU will be pleased to know that he is back on air. Webster has joined the crew at Rockingham County Radio for his own three hour program commencing at noon
The International Bluegrass Music Association has issued a call for submissions to their second Bluegrass Film Festival, to be held during the World of Bluegrass/Wide Open Bluegrass week in Raleigh, NC from September 29-October 3. Two featured films will be shown both
