If you spend any time at all on Facebook, or have someone in your household who does, you will surely be aware of the ongoing law enforcement lip sync challenge. Individual officers and groups of officers are goading one another to produce the best video of them pretending to sing their favorite song. Some departments [...]
Blue Highway has announced a personnel change, with Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses stepping in on reso-guitar, replacing Gaven Largent who is leaving the band to focus on his passion for building and repairing resophonic guitars. Justin will serve as only the third reso man in the iconic band's 24 year history. Legendary dobroist Rob Ickes [...]
Following an experiment bringing representation and management in house, Blue Highway has come back to familiar ground, announcing a return association with KCA Artists in Nashville. The agency, formerly known as Keith Case & Associates, is home to an impressive roster of bluegrass, roots, and acoustic artists. KCA also represents Seldom Scene, Peter Rowan, Lonely [...]
Audience demand has always been an unstoppable force in the music business, and in today's online environment, new stars can be made in a moment's time. Such is the story of Shawn & Gracie Lane, a pair of bluegrass and Gospel singers who developed a following without ever intending to on Facebook. Shawn, of course, is [...]
Blue Highway has announced that they are bringing the Andrea Roberts Agency on to their team to assist management with artist representation. Under this new system Sherri George will handle Fair and Corporate/Specialty bookings, as well as Tour Management and Publicity, and Roberts will take care of appearances at bluegrass festivals, concerts, and other similar [...]
Wayne Taylor, bassist, vocalist, and founding member of Blue Highway is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award next month by the Crab Orchard Museum during the 15th Annual Tazewell County Fiddlers Convention. In announcing the 2017 recipients of this award, Museum Executive Director Charlotte Whitted said that Taylor is a worthy and [...]
Jason Burleson, founding banjo player with Blue Highway, was married on Saturday (4/29) to Courtney Austin. They held a private ceremony near their home in Tennessee. Speaking for Blue Highway, their publicist Sherri George tells us... "Jason and Courtney just had a small beautiful ceremony for close family. She looked radiant, they're definitely in love [...]
After many years associated with KCA Artists in Nashville, Blue Highway has announced that they will be be bringing booking and representation in-house, with all such duties now performed by their publicist, Sherri George. George has served as publicist and tour manager for the band since 2014, but this has not been her first time [...]
When a band has been around for over twenty years (with a membership that has rarely changed), fans come to expect certain things. In the case of Blue Highway, which releases its eleventh studio album, Original Traditional, today, we expect to hear strong lead vocals, impeccable musicianship, contemporary grass with an eye toward tradition, and [...]
Once again, we were fortunate to have Frank Baker at the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival in Pennsylvania to capture images of the festivities. Here's his first of several installments.