No matter what genre of music it is, holiday albums tend to fall into one of two categories. They're either a collection of holiday standards, or all original material specifically focused on the celebratory and biblical significance of the season. Hometown
Rhonda Vincent, the Queen herself, starts a run of Christmas shows this weekend, featuring music from her two Christmas albums, plus a number of holiday favorites done up bluegrass style. Her Christmas dates have been a popular special occasion for
New Christmas bluegrass is coming in hot and heavy now that the Thanksgiving holiday is behind us, and the latest comes from The Po' Ramblin' Boys. Working with Sound Biscuit Records, the Boys have recut a Ralph Stanley classic, I'm Going
Banjo picker Anthony Howell has a Christmas single on offer this year, his version of the English carol, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, surely among the most popular Christmas hymns of the past 300 years. A multi-instrumentalist and singer, Howell currently
Greg Blake, singer, songwriter, guitarist/vocalist with Special Consensus, and the reigning IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, has an entry in this year's bluegrass Christmas song tally. It's one from his current album, People, Places and Songs, called The Christmas
As he does each year, noted bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang has released a Christmas single, one he wrote with Jared Easter, that shares the eternal meaning of Christmas time. Jesus is the Reason for the Season, sung by Morgan Easter Smith,
Asheville, NC's Songs From The Road Band is up with the next Christmas single for 2023. Green Garland was written by bassist Charles R Humphrey III, along with Charlie Chamberlain and Brew Davis, and shares a string of cheerful images from
Christmas arrived early this year with the release of a brand new Darin & Brooke Aldridge single that is leading the "sleigh" for their first Christmas album, Hometown Holiday. There is no feeling in the world that can quite match the
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have a big week ahead of them. Their big fall bluegrass festival, Industrial Strength Bluegrass, kicks off on Thursday in Ohio. Plus their 2023 holiday project, Because It's Christmas Time, releases on Friday on
OK... we've held off as long as we could, but the time of bluegrass Christmas music is upon us. We know that many people get annoyed by holiday music this early in the year, but artists want to make sure
