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Mountain Faith, a young family bluegrass Gospel group from western North Carolina, has signed on with Mountain Home Music to release a new album in May of 2011. The band consists of proud papa Sam McMahan on bass, along with his daughter Summer Brooke McMahan on fiddle, and his son Brandon McMahan on banjo. The [...]
Crossroads has launched their new online Video Vault, offering download or streaming purchase of live concerts from their Gospel and bluegrass artists. These are high quality videos, professionally shot and switched live with no editing to preserve the essence of the live event. Two bluegrass videos are among the debut releases, featuring Crossroads/Mountain Home artists [...]
Western North Carolina bluegrass group Balsam Range, has announced an exciting new concert series. Taking place at the Colonial Theatre, originally built in 1932 and then restored in 1992 and again in 2006, in the band's hometown of Canton, NC, the concert series features some great bluegrass bands and some innovative technology. Balsam Range will [...]
The folks at Mountain Home/Crossroads have a special digital release of Christmas music featuring three of their top bluegrass artists. These are all new recordings which can be purchased for download either individually, or as an album. A Mountain Home Christmas offers songs from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Balsam Range and Darin & Brooke Aldridge. [...]
Balsam Range has released the title track from their upcoming Mountain Home CD, Trains I Missed, as a single to bluegrass and Americana radio. The song, written by Walt Wilkins, Gilles Godard and Nicole Witt, is a unique take on the road not taken - an anthem of gratitude about being just where you are. [...]
I spoke earlier this week with Ty Gilpin of Crossroads Music, and he shared some news sure to be of interest to bluegrass fans. First up is word that the next Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver CD, Light On My Feet, Ready To Fly, will be released soon on Horizon Records. Sometimes it seems like 10% [...]
Crossroads Music has announced January 20, 2009 as the release date for Last Train To Kitty Hawk, the sophomore effort from North Carolina's Balsam Range. The CD will feature 12 tracks, mostly new songs, many of them written within the band. Balsam Range consists of Marc Pruett on banjo, Caleb Smith on guitar, Darren Nicholson [...]
The Clyde, North Carolina-based quintet Balsam Range has just announced the release of their debut CD, Marching Home. The band comprises Marc Pruett (banjo), Caleb Smith (guitar), Darren Nicholson (mandolin), Tim Surrett (upright bass and resonator guitar) and Buddy Melton (fiddle) who all hail from Haywood County and live within 10 minutes of each other. [...]
