Audie Blaylock has a new Redline... and no, it's not a new band. TW Guitars has introduced a signature model guitar for Audie, which has been dubbed the Redline. It is made with an Adirondack red spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides (herringbone trim). The neck is Honduran mahogany with a unique ebony [...]
Rural Rhythm Records has released a pair of videos in conjunction with the upcoming October 26 street date for All-Star Jam – Live At Graves Mountain. The album was recorded this summer during the Graves Mountain Festival Of Music in Virginia featuring many of the fine artists who record for Rural Rhythm. Lonesome River Band, [...]
Talented young banjo picker Russ Carson has been announced as the newest member of Audie Blaylock and Redline. Russ had been performing of late as a member of Gold Heart, and will be doing double-duty with both bands during IBMA this week. He plans to fulfill the Gold Heart dates for 2010 and then go [...]
The Graves Mountain Festival of Music has been a staple event on the bluegrass calendar each year since they held their first event 18 years ago. Held annually on or near the Memorial Day weekend, Graves has had a traditional of featuring band mash-ups and guest performances as part of the Saturday night shows, and [...]
Tuesday, March 30, saw the release of a number new bluegrass CDs. The fact that the 31st is the cutoff date for consideration in the 2010 IBMA awards is surely an unrelated coincidence. The Grascals saw their fourth Rounder CD hit yesterday. Famous Lefty Flynn's is another stellar example of their trademark sound: the vocals [...]
The new CD from Audie Blaylock and Redline, Cryin' Heart Blues, is set for a March 30 release on Rural Rhythm. We wrote last year during the IBMA convention about what an impressive showcase Audie and the boys delivered during their Wednesday brunch showcase. It was a very impressive performance, even "Blaylock is a singularly [...]
Attention SPBGMA-bound mandolinists and tenor singers. Patrick McAvinue, who plays fiddle with Audie Blaylock & Redline, tells us that they are hunting a new bandmate at SPBGMA next weekend in Nashville. Darrell Webb had been handling the mandolin and tenor spot in Redline until his recent decision to strike out on his own with the [...]
Here's another in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately prior to the IBMA Award Show. This one features Katy Daley interviewing Audie Blaylock. http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/blaylock.flv
For a change, I was able to stay for all three main stage acts at Wednesday's (9/30) lunchtime showcase, and I saw some very strong performances. Darren Beachley & Legends Of The Potomac were up first. That may sound like a fairly grandiose name for a new band, but with former Seldom Sceners Tom Gray [...]
Audie Blaylock will be the guest on this week's Track By Track program on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction. He will join host Kyle Cantrell as they play each track from Audie's New CD, Audie Blaylock and Redline, and discuss the songs as they go. The show debuts this morning (3/4) at 11:00 a.m. (EST) with rebroadcasts [...]
