It's a busy life for the touring bluegrass musician... I picked that up speaking with Darin Aldridge yesterday, as he was preparing to fly out for a number of shows playing mandolin with the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band this week, before meeting up with his own band, and his lovely and talented wife, Brooke, at [...]
On last month's Country Music Cruise, sailing from Ft Lauderdale, FL, bluegrass and Gospel greats Darin & Brooke Aldridge not only won over the audience of country music fans, but also caught the attention of superstars The Oak Ridge Boys. They were the only performing representatives of bluegrass on the cruise, and as always is the case, [...]
The accolades, awards and good news keep piling up for the sweethearts of bluegrass, Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Rounder Records announced today that it signed a deal with the award-winning husband and wife duo, who will release their first project for the label next year. The signing comes on the heels of Brooke winning IBMA’s [...]
Mountain Home Music is set to release a first single from their upcoming Roland White collaboration project with a who's who of Nashville pickers and singers, Roland White and Friends, A Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels. Even casual bluegrass historians know that Roland and his brother, Clarence, formed the basis of The Kentucky Colonels, a very [...]
Darin and Brooke Aldridge had time to spare before their evening set at the Coleman Station Bluegrass Festival last Saturday in southwestern Pennsylvania, so they took side roads instead of their usual turnpike route. In the process, they made a new friend, were offered a gig, and had a chance to reconsider one of the [...]
Mountain Home Music Company continues their summer of singles with a new one from Darin & Brooke Aldridge. This is time it's a classic from the Louvin Brothers catalog, Everytime You Leave, also famously covered by Don Everly and Emmylou Harris in 1979. As you might expect, the Aldridges give it a tender, bluegrass-inflected flavor, [...]
Mountain Home Music has a new single out today from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, a powerful testament to hope in God, perfectly suited to the day Christians celebrate the sacrifice of the cross. The couple, who have been lauded in both bluegrass and Gospel music circles for their beautifully-produced recordings, explain why this song hit [...]
Earlier this month, Darin & Brooke Aldridge along with John Cowan, flew more than 4500 miles to Prague in the Czech Republic where they played three sold out shows over two days. That's a long way to go for a show, but they all report having had a blast touring the historic city, and performing [...]
Mountain Home has released a single from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, a lovely new song from Katrina Ruth Elam, Christi Dannemiller, and Robin Bruce. No End In Sight fits perfectly within their unique niche, somewhere between modern bluegrass and positive acoustic country. It also demonstrates, as if any proof was still needed, that Brooke Aldridge is deserving [...]
Three prominent bluegrassers are taking part in a remarkable genre-crossing musical pitch to raise money for victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. John Cowan, Darin Aldridge and Brooke Aldridge are part of an all-star cast of musicians – including bluesman Keb Mo and John Oates of Hall and Oates fame – performing on All Come [...]