Geoff Morris, Australian radio host and bluegrass evangelist down under, has announced that he will be taking a hiatus of undetermined length from his weekly program, Wall-To-Wall Bluegrass, on WorldWideBluegrass.com. Morris has recently received the unwelcome diagnosis of a virulent form of
Poor Mountain Records, the home label of Jonathan Buckner and Chosen Road, has announced a partnership with The Bluegrass Gospel Hour with John Sentell. As a part of this new agreement, the weekly program (syndicated to 39 radio stations including Armed
Dave Adkins & Republik Steele, recent Rural Rhythm signees, are celebrating the new label association with a single from their upcoming album, That's Just The Way I Roll, produced by Steve Gulley. It is expected early in the new year. The band
How about some uncompromisingly old school bluegrass for your Christmas week? Here's Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass belting out The Old Swinging Bridge recently at an after-show concert during the 2012 Pickathon festival in Portland, OR. The video was shot by
During IBMA week, I had the pleasure of attending the Nashville premiere of The Porchlight Sessions, a new film which digs deep into the roots of our music while also looking forward to its future. The film blew me away. (See
Here is an 8-string version of The First Noel for your Christmas morning, contributed by Scott Napier, able mandolinist with Lost & Found.
Here is a lovely waltz from Donna Ulisse, a perfect song for Christmas Eve taken from her All The Way From Bethlehem CD. The song is He Is Here, part of her song cycle re-telling of the nativity story on the
Alaskan reso-guitarist Greg Booth put together this lovely instrumental arrangement of I'll Be Home For Christmas, which Bing Crosby made into a holiday standard in 1943. Greg performs with a number of west coast bands, including Kathy Kallick, and he created
Here's some more music from Rural Rhythm's Christmas The Mountain Way, their new holiday-themed CD/DVD package. It features live performances from a bevy of top bluegrass pickers and singers, recorded in Kentucky earlier this year. The fine folks at Rural Rhythm have
Follow our Special Correspondent, John Goad, as he shops for necessary items to survive the Mayan Apocalypse.
