• Track Premiere: No Headlights from Kristy Cox

    No Headlights is the title track from the next album by Kristy Cox, expected February 28 on Mountain Fever Records, released today as a single. It's a powerful song, written by Liz Hengber, Tammy Rogers, and Jerry Salley, which provides a promise

  • Prayin’ For A Cold Day from Tommy Buller

    Since country music has essentially turned its back on, well... country music, there are more and more artists who are too country for country radio looking to the bluegrass market. One great example is The Malpass Brothers, whose honky tonk

  • Adjunct instructors sought for ETSU bluegrass program

    The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies Program at East Tennessee State University is requesting applications for adjunct instructors for many of the instruments taught in the program. Like most universities, the school supplements its full-time faculty with adjuncts who

  • Charlie Lowman to The Kody Norris Show

    Kody Norris has announced a new member of his touring traditional bluegrass show. Charlie Lowman, dubbed "Cousin Charlie," has joined the band playing upright bass. Living now in Mountain City, TN, Lowman had been playing with his own Charlie Lowman and

  • Chris Williamson to Backline

    South Carolina's Backline has announced a change in personnel going in to 2020.  Bassist and founding member Jason Belue is leaving the band to attend the CRAS Recording institute in Tempe, AZ. The band has brought in Chris Williamson, formerly of Volume

  • Monroe Mandolin Camp adds new Ambassador program

    The Monroe Mandolin Camp, a multi-discipline bluegrass instructional camp dedicated to the music left to us by Bill Monroe, has announced an in-house mentorship program for new students during their 7th annual weekend of workshops in 2020. New attendees will each

  • Steve Carr to Zink and Company

    Since relocating to east Tennessee, bluegrass singer and band leader Corey Zink has had to restructure his touring group a bit. Understandably, not everyone in Zink and Company was on board for the move from Massachusetts, and Corey has a