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We have just learned that Randal Massengill, guitarist with Brand New Strings, was injured earlier today at work. Randall is a Tennessee State Trooper, in charge of accident scene investigations. Both he and his partner were struck by a moving vehicle today while working an accident scene, and were knocked on to the hood of [...]
With a recent party at Margaritaville in Nashville, TN, Brand New Strings released their latest project on Rural Rhythm Records. Their sophomore release, appropriately titled Stay Tuned, features more great material from band members Mike Ramsey, Stuart Wyrick, Randall Massengill, Preston Schmidt, and Tony Mowell. With a fresh, yet traditional sounding approach to bluegrass, they write and compose [...]
Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville in Nashville, TN was the location for a CD release party for Rural Rhythm recording artists Brand New Strings on Friday evening, March 23rd. Fiddler Preston Schmidt, who is employed at Margaritaville as a sound engineer, arranged for this non-traditional bluegrass venue to host the BNS event. Their new CD Stay Tuned [...]
Rural Rhythm has released a new single to radio from the upcoming Brand New Strings CD, Stay Tuned. The song is Other Side Of Lonesome, a contribution from guitarist/vocalist Randall Massengil. He is joined by Stuart Wyrick on banjo, Tony Mowell on bass, Mike Ramsey on mandolin and Preston Schmidt on fiddle. Corey Meuchel guests on [...]
On Sunday, November 20, 2011, Rural Rhythm Records and some of its brightest stars gathered to celebrate the release of Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration Live At Bean Blossom, a live recording of 12 selections from Rural Rhythm's family of artists, recorded live at the 45th annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. The CD release [...]
Rural Rhythm Records is doing their part in celebrating 2011 as the centennial of Bill Monroe's birth with a live album to be recorded starting this weekend at the Bill Monroe’s Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Indiana. Like their popular 2010 live project from the Grave's Mountain festival, Tribute To Bill Monroe - Live [...]
Brand New Strings has just released a promotional video to give bluegrass lovers a chance to get to know them, and their music, a little better.
This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. The Monday night IBMA Artist Showcase featured Brand New Strings, a relatively new band (2008) who had their first release, "No Strings Attached," on Rural Rhythm Records in 2010. The group, consisting of Randall Massengill (Guitar), Mike [...]
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 [...]
It looks like there will be shortly, as resonator guitarist Matt Leadbetter has informed the band that he would no longer be able to perform with them owing to work and family obligations. Tim Tipton sent along this statement from Brand New Strings: “We all want to wish Matt the best for the future. He [...]
