Mountain Fever Records has been very busy this month, with new singles and albums flying out of the studio like spring flowers dropping from the trees. Today it's a new track from Mississippi's Breaking Grass, their first release in several years. Like most of their material, Heart Of My Love was written and sung by [...]
On April 6, Zach Wooten, mandolinist with Breaking Grass, and Anna Brooke Page were married. The wedding took place at the Old Path Missionary Baptist Church in Belmont, MS in the late afternoon. Music was provided by Cody Farrar, lead singer with Breaking Grass, who did an acoustic rendition of Matthew West’s When I Say I [...]
Celeste, Henry, and Britt Sheffield - photo by Christina Houston Britt Sheffield, bass player with Breaking Grass, and his wife Celeste, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Henry Alexander Sheffield was born on Thursday, August 2, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. He joined us at 10:53 p.m. local time, weighing in at 7 [...]
Mississippi's Breaking Grass has created a music video for Annie, the first single from their new album, Warning Signs. Annie is a feel-good song about how a one-night hookup turned into a beautiful relationship, set in a wild west envirnonment. The lyrics suggest a sinister motive, but the video makes it clear that it's all [...]
20 Things You Didn't Know About... is a new recurring feature here at Bluegrass Today where noted Nashville publicist Claire Ratliff of Laughing Penguin Publicity compiles interesting tidbits about bluegrass artists you know and love. We start today with Mississippi's Breaking Grass. There’s a fresh, new sound resonating from the northeast corner of the Magnolia [...]
Mountain Fever Records has dropped a debut single from Warning Signs, their upcoming project for Mississippi's Breaking Grass. Like most everything the band records, Annie, was written and sung by guitarist Cody Farrar. It's the story of a present-day reincarnation of Annie Oakley, who uses her prowess with the six-shooters to keep her man in line. [...]
The 2016 Musicians Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) festival is taking place this week at the Hoover Y Park in Columbus, OH. Darrel and Phyllis Adkins’ annual event is held in memory of their daughter, Mandy Adkins, who passed away from an inoperable brain tumor in 2000. All of the proceeds generated from the MACC benefit St Jude [...]
In what would seem to be the first band personnel switch of 2016, Breaking Grass has announced the addition of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jody Elmore to the band. He will assume the banjo spot recently vacated by Shelton Vanderford. A native Alabamian, Jody has been playing banjo since he was a teen. He spent 6 years [...]
Breaking Grass opened the final day of the 11th edition of the Palatka Bluegrass Festival. They are a young, high energy band that does primarily original music. The Dry Branch Fire Squad came back for the 2nd day. Ron Thomason’s humor and old time music won the crowd yet again. Little Roy Lewis is still a bundle [...]
The 2014 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion continued Saturday with another beautiful day. Last year’s Saturday schedule was marred by heavy rains early in the day, but this year brought 80 degree temps and nearly cloudless skies. Thanks to Alane Anno Photography, we are able to share a few moments from Saturday’s festival with you. [...]