The Larry Stephenson Band is hard at work on their next album, tracking with Larry's co-producer Ben Surratt at Ben's Rec Room Studio in Nashville. This will be their third project for Larry's Whysper Dream Music label, a follow-up to their current record, Pull
Drusilla Adams Smith passed away on December 13, 2015. Drusilla Adams is best known for her association with Blue Ridge Records. Although it was her father, Noah, who established the label it was Drusilla Smith’s interest in music and her drive
Mountain Fever Records has released the title track from their upcoming Spinney Brothers album, Living The Dream, as a first single. It's sentiment is one familiar to anyone who has to spend time away from loved ones at work, in this case
Here's a new bluegrass band that has sprung up from the fertile ground of East Tennessee, where folks know how our music is supposed to be played. Unbridled Strings is a quartet of experienced bluegrass pros from Georgia and Tennessee who have gotten
The International Bluegrass Music Association is accepting applications through the end of this month for their World of Bluegrass Songwriter Showcase. It is hosted each year during the organization's annual convention, and will be held on Thursday, September 29 in Raleigh, NC. Ten
John Treadway of Taylorsville, NC has been announced as the newest member of Big Country Bluegrass. He will be playing banjo and singing harmony with the southwest Virginia band, filling the spot vacated recently when Lynwood Lunsford left after nine years
Cleo Lemons, an early promoter of bluegrass music in north/central North Carolina, died on Saturday, March 5. He was 94 years old and had suffered a major stroke just a week prior. Lemons was among the first promoters to book Lester Flatt
Rebel Records has released a single today from their upcoming Gospel project with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers. All Dressed Up is a new song from Jerry Salley that turns the old adage, 'all dressed up and nowhere to go,'
The horrors! Slobbering five-stringers have been invited to drool all over the proceedings at this year's Monroe Mandolin Camp in Nashville. But seriously, after mando purists pick themselves up off the floor, they'll recognize what camp managers Mike Compton and Heidi Herzog have
We've written a few times recently about the return of Mountain Heart - a reformed and refocused edition of the group, with a new, even-more-aggressive sound, and a youthfulness and energy they hope can win them a spot in the music world where fans
