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Bluegrass bands often show pride for their home state, with Tennessee, North Carolina, and of course, Kentucky, all frequently mentioned in bluegrass tunes. However, a state just slightly to the north is the subject of a new collection with bluegrass roots. Stan Keach, a Maine-based songwriter and musician whose songs have been recorded by such [...]
Audie Blaylock and Redline are starting their year out on the west coast, and taking advantage of the opportunity to see some of the sights that California has to offer. Banjo picker Russ Carson also shared this video of him picking a little banjo. [jwplayer config="bgt" width="450" height="258" file="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/IMG_1947.mov" image="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/russ_vid.jpg"] You can find [...]
For most bluegrass musicians, summer is festival season. However, a number of today’s top artists took a short break from touring this past June to get in the holiday spirit. For Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Mike Scott, and the rest of the artists featured on the new Rural Rhythm collection Christmas the Mountain Way, [...]
Here's another bit of Christmas cheer from Rural Rhythm's Christmas The Mountain Way, their new holiday-themed CD/DVD package. It features live performances from a bevy of top bluegrass pickers and singers, recorded in Kentucky earlier this year. Rural Rhythm has allowed us to share this video with our readers, a grassy version of the all-time [...]
Here is another contribution from David Dufresne, who has agreed to share tips with our readers from what he has picked up running Bandzoogle. This regular feature is especially geared for bluegrass bands who manage their own web space. Your homepage is usually the first page visitors to your website will see, so it’s important to make [...]
Tomorrow (9/15) marks the premiere of Bluegrass Comes To The Valley on RFD-TV. This two-part miniseries will air as part of the network's popular Reno’s Old Time Music program, with Ronnie Reno visiting the famed Renfro Valley in Kentucky. In addition to presenting the history of this storied venue, the show will include performances by Marty [...]
Tour dates and performers have been announced for the 2012 Bluegrass Jamboree tour in Germany later this year. A total of 18 shows are scheduled across Deutschland in November and December, each featuring performances by Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms, Bearfoot, and Audie Blaylock and Redline. This is the fourth year that Bluegrass Jamboree has brought [...]
Here's another gallery of images Frank Baker shot this past Saturday (7/14) at the 17th annualBluegrass on the Grass festival on the campus of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA.
It was Christmas in June last week for a bevy of Rural Rhythm artists in Pineville, KY. They had assembled at Pineville's Bell Theater for the filming of Christmas: The Mountain Way, set to air on BlueHighways TV later this year. On hand were Audie Blaylock, Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Cumberland River, Marty Raybon, [...]
Also hitting today is the latest Rural Rhythm project from Audie Blaylock and Redline. Blaylock is featured on lead vocals and guitar, with Jessie Brock on mandolin, Patrick McAvinue on fiddle, Russ Carson on banjo and Jason Moore on bass. Hard Country is the title of the record, which Audie picked since it seemed to describe [...]
