As we approach the two decade anniversary of the attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, bluegrass singer and songwriter Caleb Bailey has released a song of remembrance from his current album, Poplar & Pine. Titled simply United Flight 93,
Tributes to Hall of Famer Tom T. Hall are pouring in, deservedly, from all corners of the music world after his death late last week, but among songwriters the loss is particularly stinging. It seems nearly every bluegrass composer I know,
Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo player Bill Emerson passed away on August 21 from complications of pneumonia. He died surrounded by his family at 83 years of age. Surely one of the most consequential banjo players of the 20th century, Bill
Dixie and Tom T. Hall - photo by Terry Herd Bluegrass and country music legend Tom T. Hall passed away at his home in Franklin, TN on Friday, August 20th. He was born in Olive Hill, Kentucky in 1936. Known as "The
Clarence Randall Carrier, known to friends and family as Randy, passed away on August 12 at the age of 70. A Bristol, VA native, Randy had been involved in bluegrass music much of his life, playing mandolin in east Tennessee, and
If he's not careful, Americana/country star Sturgill Simpson may get himself pigeonholed as a bluegrass artist. His third album in the past ten months is also the third using top Nashville bluegrass pickers to create a grassy vibe for his original
Morning Glory Music has released a new single from The King James Boys, a familiar Gospel favorite written by David Ray Johnson called Save Me. It maintains the band's penchant for putting their bluegrass stamp on southern Gospel style harmony singing, which
Mountain Home Music continues to releases singles from its Bluegrass at the Crossroads album, a sort of 'band scramble in the studio' project that puts musicians and singers from different groups together to record both new and classic bluegrass. This week
Pinecastle Records has released a new single for Kim Robins, the lead-off track for her upcoming album with the label, Leave The Porch Light On. It's one called Hurricane - a perfect song for this time of year - written by
A brand new CD from Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1982 was released last weekend at the Coal Miner Appreciation Festival in McClure, VA at the Hills of Home. This show was from my personal, private collection
