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One of the most popular cable series of the past few years has been AMC's The Walking Dead. Based on the popular graphic novels of the same name, this dramatic series deals with the psychology of human relationships following a fictitious zombie apocalypse (i.e., everyone turns into zombies). The Walking Dead (now in its fourth season) has [...]
Billboard, who publishes the (supposedly) quintessential music charts, have released their year-end chart of the Top 15 Bluegrass Albums of 2013. 15. Leaving Eden - Carolina Chocolate Drops 14. Brothers of the Highway - Dailey & Vincent 13. The Living Years - The Isaacs 12. Ahoy! - The Punch Brothers 11. Hammer Down - The Steeldrivers 10. The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent - Dailey & [...]
Here's a look at the first two days of Red, White & Bluegrass from Bill Warren. More to come as the festival continues through this week.
MerleFest has announced the finalists in their annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, which will occur later this month during the mega-fest in Wilkesboro, NC. A number of familiar bluegrass names pop up in the list. Lorraine Jordan of Carolina Road will compete in the Gospel category for her song, Judgement Day, as will Kelsi Robertson Harrigill [...]
Since Flatt Lonesome won the band competition at the 2012 Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America conference, this sextet has been making a lot of noise. A lot of beautiful noise. And that beautiful noise continues with the self-titled debut release on the Pisgah Ridge label. The CD, like the band itself, [...]
The debut, self-titled CD from Flatt Lonesome isn't due until January 29 on Pisgah Ridge Records, but folks curious about this much-hyped young band can hear the entire album this morning on Track By Track with Kyle Cantrell on SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction. Since winning the 2012 SPBGMA Band Competition in February 2012, the six-piece group has [...]
Pisgah Ridge Records has announced the signing of Flatt Lonesome to the label, which is affiliated with Mountain Home Recordings and Crossroads Entertainment. A debut project has just been completed at Crossroads Studio, with a release expected in the first quarter of 2013. Flatt Lonesome consists of Kelsi Robertson Harrigill on mandolin, Charli Robertson on fiddle, [...]
Talk about meeting cute... Today is the wedding day of Kelsi Robertson and Paul Harrigill, the mandolinist and banjoist respectively with Flatt Lonesome. The couple first met two years ago at IBMA when Paul was performing with a different group, and Kelsi was hanging out with The Grascals at Music City Roots. In May 2011 they [...]
Flatt Lonesome is a new up and coming group from Callahan, FL. At the core are 3 siblings: Kelsi, Charli, and Buddy Robertson. All three take turns on lead and harmony vocals, continuing the tradition of great family harmony while adding in elements of Gospel, country, and Americana music. Kelsi is on mandolin, Charli fiddles, [...]
