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Flatt Lonesome has offered a preview track from their new CD, Runaway Train, for our readers. It's for the song You'll Pay, written by Danny Roberts and Paul Harrigill, currently the #2 track on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. The number demonstrates the traits that have brought this young band to the top of the bluegrass heap, [...]
Thursday at the 15th Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival opened with the wonderful sibling harmony of Flatt Lonesome. Bluegrass Today columnist, Chris Jones, brought the Night Drivers to the stage next. Virginia native, Larry Stephenson, is always a favorite at the festival. The Spinney Brothers are becoming one of the best bother duet acts on the [...]
Rhonda Vincent had a dream to see her own realization of a bluegrass/country 12 Days Of Christmas, which she realized in the studio this year. She's assembled a roster of country music royalty to perform with her on a new album, Christmas Time, set for release October 30 on her Upper Management Music label. Joining Rhonda [...]
It is the ultimate achievement for anyone who plays bluegrass and country music: to play the Grand Ole Opry. The Grand Ole Opry is not only "The Show That Made Country Music Famous," but is where bluegrass a as a genre was born in the mid-forties. To be able to step into the historic Opry [...]
Mountain Home Records has dropped a sneak peek video to introduce bluegrass fans to some of the music on their upcoming release, Runaway Train, from Flatt Lonesome. It finds the talented young group working in the studio, laying down the grass, and rehearsing their trademark sibling harmony. You'll hear a taste of two tracks, You'll Pay [...]
Friday dawned bright and sunny at the Milan, Michigan Bluegrass Festival. Sugar Creek, a young group ranging in age from 20 down to 10 years old, opened Friday’s show. They are an up-and-coming band from the Columbus. Ohio area. They were followed by IBMA Emerging Artist, Flatt Lonesome. It was Charlie and Buddy’s birthday, and [...]
We have a learned a bit more about the auto accident that occurred on Saturday (8/1) involving two members of Flatt Lonesome. The best news is that both Dominic Illingworth and Michael Stockton are doing well, have been released from the hospital, and are safely back at home in Murfreesboro, TN. Michael and Dominic were on [...]
Two members of Flatt Lonesome were injured this morning in an automobile accident near Durham, NC. Michael Stockton and Dominic Illingworth were just moments from meeting up with the rest of the band when the accident occurred. Both were taken to Duke Medical Center for examination and treatment. Band representative Andrea Mullins shared this update... "Dominic is [...]
The Musicians Against Childhood Cancer [MACC] festival is next week in Columbus. The festival is a benefit for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and has raised over $800,000 to help fight cancer. Darrel and Phyllis Adkins began the MACC after their daughter, Mandy Adkins, passed away. Artists donate their time to play the MACC, in [...]
Thanks to Mike Kelly for this batch of photos from the first Rocky Top Bluegrass Festival in the newly-renamed Rocky Top, TN. Mike says the festival went well, though a rough weather forecast kept the audience numbers down on Saturday. Luckily the storms stayed away until after the show was over.
