2018 has been a good year for Deeper Shade of Blue. The western North Carolina quintet signed with Mountain Fever Records, and released their first album with the label, called Steam. After 17 years together and six independently-released projects, these boys have
Some things seem destined to be mysterious. For beginning bluegrassers, figuring out how to play a solo is one of those things. Now fiddle and mandolin player and teacher Nate Lee from the Becky Buller Band is here to sweep away
Mountain Home Music Company has released a second single from their upcoming project with Lonesome River Band. This time it's a mid-tempo leavin' song called Wreck Of My Heart, which guitarist and lead singer Brandon Rickman says is a perfect fit
Corey Zink has announced the newest member to his group, Zink & Co. Doug Bartlett has joined the band, playing mandolin and some twin fiddle. Doug's should be a familiar face to bluegrass fans, as he has worked with a number
New, previously-unreleased tracks from the dynamic bluegrass and old-time duo Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard are set for release later this year on Free Dirt Records. Today it is announced that Sing Me Back Home: The DC Tapes, 1965-1969 will
Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard (standing) sign a contract with Darrell Webb and Barry Abernathy Billy Blue Records, the newly-formed bluegrass label headed by Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard, has signed their first artists, Appalachian Road Show, a new band project
The Goodfellers, a hard-driving bluegrass band from Pinnacle, NC, make much of the gangster theme implied in their band name, though largely in a lighthearted fashion. It's a clever, down home play on the title of the 1990 film, Goodfellas,
Organic Records, a division of Crossroads Label Group in Arden, NC, has announced the signing of Tellico, from nearby Asheville. The quartet is based on the singing and songwriting of southwest Virginia native Anya Hinkle, and the music she has created
Nashville songwriters Justin Hiltner and Jon Weisberger have released a single from their upcoming joint project, Watch It Burn. The dup is perhaps an unlikely pairing, with Weisberger a seasoned bluegrass hand, playing bass for many years with Chris Jones &
Bobby Osborne performs with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at Uncle Dave Macon Days 2018 - photo by Bill Conger Rhonda Vincent celebrated the release of her new CD/DVD, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage With Bluegrass Legends-Live At The Ryman Saturday at
