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Rural Rhythm has dropped a single from New Bluegrass & Old Heartaches, their upcoming project for Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press. The song is I'm Going Back To The Mountain, a Jake Landers composition that had been recorded by The

The Distance, the third Rural Rhythm project from Carrie Hassler, was released on Tuesday (4/24). As always, Hassler's powerful voice is front and center, and she is assisted by some real heavyweights in the studio. Ron Stewart is on banjo, Alan

Those of us who study the history of string music in the United States are well aware of efforts to fashion the various instruments of the viol family into fretted counterparts. In the late 19th century, newly popular instruments like

Little Black Train is offering a free download of the first track on their second and newly-released album, Barn Dance. Based in California, the band calls themselves an oldternative acoustic trio, and consists of Kenny Blackwell on mandolin and guitar, John Weed on

This remembrance of Levon Helm is a contribution from Happy Traum, co-founder of Homespun Music Instruction. “The first show I remember was Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys on a summer evening in 1946, when I was six years old.

Here's video of the Earl Scruggs tribute held last weekend at the Big Lick Festival in North Carolina. We published some photos yesterday taken by Laura Tate Ridge, and now comes this  27-minute video of the stage presentation, hosted by Little Roy Lewis and

Darrell Webb recently re-signed with Rural Rhythm for the release of his second project with The Darrell Webb Band. Produced by Jim Van Cleve, much of the work on the record has been completed, and it is on track for

Harold Rogers, a 16 term Congressman representing the 5th District in Kentucky, had the following tribute to Earl Scruggs read into the Congressional Record on April 17. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of Earl Scruggs,

I don’t know about any of you, but I am a BIG fan of country legend Don Williams. The Gentle Giant smooth style appeals to nearly everyone, which is why he was one of the most successful artists of the

After having shared news earlier in the week that his health was rapidly failing, word comes this afternoon from his family that influential Americana artist Levon Helm has passed away today at 71 years of age. He had been fighting