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Last month, Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley spent two weeks in Europe, from January 22 through February 4. Billed as the January Mountain tour, they started out in Slovakia, where they hooked up with their band for the duration: Richard Cifersky on banjo, Michal Barok on mandolin, and Anton Naroda on bass. Gulley says [...]
Music about the Civil War is a staple of bluegrass and folk music. There are some memorable songs and terrific collections that recall the pain and anguish of brother fighting brother. But I’m pretty sure there’s never been anything like God Didn’t Choose Sides, the startling CD from Rural Rhythm in which each of the [...]
To celebrate the launch of God Didn’t Choose Sides Vol. 1: Civil War True Stories About Real People the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum (ALLM) will welcome some of the nation’s top bluegrass artists for a special benefit music event at the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center [...]
Rural Rhythm is preparing a new all-star project for a February 12 release. God Didn't Choose Sides offers 13 tracks, each a new composition dealing with stories and characters from the US Civil War, picked and sung by a who's who of contemporary bluegrass artists. The fascination many Americans have with this epic and destructive war seems [...]
As a Bluegrass Today correspondent, I get to listen to a lot of music during the year. Some on CDs, some live. Some traditional bluegrass, some most definitely not. Some of it terrific, some of it, well, not so much. But one of the most difficult parts of the job comes at the end of [...]
For most bluegrass musicians, summer is festival season. However, a number of today’s top artists took a short break from touring this past June to get in the holiday spirit. For Steve Gulley, Dale Ann Bradley, Mike Scott, and the rest of the artists featured on the new Rural Rhythm collection Christmas the Mountain Way, [...]
Virginia songwriter Kelley Nelson has released a single ahead of her upcoming album, In The Waiting. The song is The Son is Always With Me in the Mine, written by Sandy Shortridge. Steve Gulley produced the all-Gospel project, which was recorded at his studio, The Curve. Assisting were Tim Stafford on guitar, Sammy Shelor on banjo, Jamey Booher on [...]
The turkey's been downed and some of us are already pulling out and putting up Christmas decorations. It must be time for some bluegrass Christmas music! The good folks at Rural Rhythm have agreed to let us share a number of video clips from their 2012 Christmas project, Christmas The Mountain Way. It's a CD/DVD [...]
With the elections in their final stretch in the US, it seems like a good time to poll our readers for a vote on a chief executive of our beloved bluegrass music. Which of these bluegrass icons would earn your vote? Feel free to write in your own candidate. Take Our Poll
Rural Rhythm has released a promotional video in support of their upcoming 2-disc package, Christmas The Mountain Way. It includes both an audio CD and a concert DVD recorded this past June in Pikeville, KY for BlueHighways TV, which will air in November and December. The special was hosted by Mike Scott, and features performances from [...]
