Pennsylvania's Remington Ryde have signed with Pinecastle Records to release their next album, A Storyteller's Memory, which will be a tribute to the music of the late James King. Included will be their performances of some of King's most popular numbers, with Thirty Years of Farmin’, Bed by the Window, A Few Old Memories, and [...]
For his whole career as a bluegrass entertainer, James King had devoted and very loyal fans who sang his praises. Much of that came from the way King inserted raw emotion into a song, but another part was from the way he interacted with people at his shows. He had the heart of a clown, [...]
The one year anniversary of James King's death has had a powerful impact on a great many bluegrass lovers, as did his passing on May 19, 2016. Both fans and fellow performers felt a close kinship with James as a person, as well as for the music that spoke to so many people. Sincerity is [...]
Pam Pruett, Naomi Orr, and Becky Rhodes at St Paul School Back in January, we wrote about the custom engraved headstone installed at the gravesite of legendary bluegrass singer James King after a group of volunteers raised the money required through social media and an online pledge site. Owing to ongoing illness prior to his [...]
Through the work of a number of dedicated volunteers, most notably Pam Pruett and Chipper Covington, funds have been raised to erect a custom headstone and footstone at the place where James King was laid to rest last year. We lost the iconic bluegrass singer and entertainer to the complications of advanced liver disease on [...]
We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every five minutes to see what Cyber Monday had to offer. After all that, we’re ready [...]
Sometimes it's difficult to cope with the fact that many legends within bluegrass are aging. It's especially tough hearing about their ailments, and worse yet when we all too often learn of their passing. We've lost far too many of them in the last year. One highlight of this year's World of Bluegrass week in [...]
James King would have been 58 years old this past Friday. Unfortunately, The Bluegrass Storyteller only made it to 57, with his untimely death in May of this year. That doesn't mean James' memory, spirit, stories, and music has left us, though. A tribute to James was conducted at the 50th Anniversary Bill Monroe Bean [...]
As previously reported, James King, known by his nickname The Bluegrass Storyteller, passed away on May 19, 2016, after a long battle with liver disease. He was 57 years of age. Songs such as Bed by the Window, Echo Mountain, Coldest Day of Winter, Just as the Sun Went Down, Jerusalem Tomorrow, She Took His [...]
Given last week's loss of the great James King, it seems fitting to repost this interview we did with him during the 2014 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. Funeral services for King are being held today at 2:00 p.m. At the time of this interview, James was in recovery from a number of health emergencies [...]
Pennsylvania's Remington Ryde have signed with Pinecastle Records to release their next album, A Storyteller's Memory, which will be a tribute to the music of the late James King. Included will be their performances of some of King's most popular numbers, with Thirty Years of Farmin’, Bed by the Window, A Few Old Memories, and [...] 
For his whole career as a bluegrass entertainer, James King had devoted and very loyal fans who sang his praises. Much of that came from the way King inserted raw emotion into a song, but another part was from the way he interacted with people at his shows. He had the heart of a clown, [...] 
The one year anniversary of James King's death has had a powerful impact on a great many bluegrass lovers, as did his passing on May 19, 2016. Both fans and fellow performers felt a close kinship with James as a person, as well as for the music that spoke to so many people. Sincerity is [...] 
Pam Pruett, Naomi Orr, and Becky Rhodes at St Paul School Back in January, we wrote about the custom engraved headstone installed at the gravesite of legendary bluegrass singer James King after a group of volunteers raised the money required through social media and an online pledge site. Owing to ongoing illness prior to his [...] 
Through the work of a number of dedicated volunteers, most notably Pam Pruett and Chipper Covington, funds have been raised to erect a custom headstone and footstone at the place where James King was laid to rest last year. We lost the iconic bluegrass singer and entertainer to the complications of advanced liver disease on [...] 
We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every five minutes to see what Cyber Monday had to offer. After all that, we’re ready [...] 
Sometimes it's difficult to cope with the fact that many legends within bluegrass are aging. It's especially tough hearing about their ailments, and worse yet when we all too often learn of their passing. We've lost far too many of them in the last year. One highlight of this year's World of Bluegrass week in [...] 
James King would have been 58 years old this past Friday. Unfortunately, The Bluegrass Storyteller only made it to 57, with his untimely death in May of this year. That doesn't mean James' memory, spirit, stories, and music has left us, though. A tribute to James was conducted at the 50th Anniversary Bill Monroe Bean [...] 
As previously reported, James King, known by his nickname The Bluegrass Storyteller, passed away on May 19, 2016, after a long battle with liver disease. He was 57 years of age. Songs such as Bed by the Window, Echo Mountain, Coldest Day of Winter, Just as the Sun Went Down, Jerusalem Tomorrow, She Took His [...] 
Given last week's loss of the great James King, it seems fitting to repost this interview we did with him during the 2014 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. Funeral services for King are being held today at 2:00 p.m. At the time of this interview, James was in recovery from a number of health emergencies [...] 