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Lydia Hamby has released her debut single with Gravy Records, an imprint of Sound Biscuit Productions. It shows the young bluegrass singer, songwriter, and mandolinist in fine form on a new song she wrote, So Through With You. A recent graduate

Frank Evans, founding banjo player and vocalist with Toronto's Slocan Ramblers, has announced that he is leaving the band. This is not an entirely unexpected move, as Evans has been living in Nashville for some time now, making for a fairly

Many thanks to Mark Freeman of Rebel Records for sharing the fact that today is the 39th anniversary of the popular Virginia band, Big Country Bluegrass. Normally, we wait for nice, round-number commemoration years, but as today is the actual

West Virginia grassers Crandall Creek have announced a new lead singer for the band. Megan Paullet comes to them from Pittsburgh, where she has been singing in a variety of styles since giving up competitive swimming in 2014. Megan has joined

Savage Hearts, the performance and recording vehicle for prominent fiddler and instructor Annie Savage, has released a new single, a pensive instrumental titled Stillness at Appomattox. At times, Savage Hearts has been a full bluegrass band, but these days it is

Tom Timberlake, a founding member of The Kevin Prater Band, has died following a brief battle with cancer at 75 years of age. He passed on January 2, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. Timberlake played

Huckleberry Records, an affiliated label with Turnberry Records in Nashville, has announced the signing of Brad Kaylor & Mineral Bluff Revue. Their recorded debut, a song titled My Last Name, is slated for release on March 13. Mineral Bluff Revue is

Red Camel Collective has been invited to make their Grand Ole Opry debut on February 27. Needless to say, the band is very excited about this major career milestone. This group, led by guitar, vocalist, and songwriter Heather Berry Mabe, also

It's always a gutsy move for a singer to cover a George Jones song, but that hasn't deterred Water Tower's Kenny Feinstein, who has dialed up a bluegrass version of the Possum's 1976 hit, Her Name Is. The song was a

Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys are currently celebrating two big accomplishments. It's been 30 years since Dr. Ralph Stanley hired his son Ralph II as a lead singer and guitar player and the band, the Clinch Mountain