Joe Mullins talks Old Fashioned Christmas and Paul Williams
Today is the release date for a new Christmas single from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, with a special guest vocal performance from Paul Williams, who is an old friend of the Mullins family. As this weekend is the 60th wedding anniversary for Paul and his wife, Edria, Joe put together this lovely remembrance […]
I’ve Been Down That Road from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
As they prepare for their big Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival this weekend, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have a new single to celebrate on Billy Blue Records. It’s a song from their next Billy Blue project, expected next March, called I’ve Been Down That Road. The song has a traditional country sound, and pictures […]
Hall of Fame inductee Paul ‘Moon’ Mullins remembered by his son Joe
During the recent IBMA Bluegrass Awards Show, the late Paul "Moon" Mullins was recognized as one of the 2022 Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees. As his family came forward to accept his award, technical glitches prevented audio clips and a photo collage of Mullins from being played. The following day, during a IBMA World [...] Late season band member changes go into effect – Jeff Parker, Chris Davis
As the world finishes reopening after two years under a global pandemic, bands are gladly returning to the road playing live shows. New bands and new personnel are popping up as the bluegrass community strives for normalcy following their hiatus. Jeff Parker has left the mandolin position in Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers to [...] Big City drops for Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have a new single today with Billy Blue Records, featuring the newest Rambler, Jeff Parker, on mandolin and lead vocal. It's a song called Big City - not the Merle Haggard country classic, but another by that name recorded in 1964 by Margie Bowes and other major artists of [...] Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival partners with Singing News for streaming
The Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival, held spring and fall in Wilmington, OH, hosted by Joe Mullins and his family, has announced a new partnership with Singing News TV to offer streaming access to both festivals. ISBF had previously been known as the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. Patrons far from southern Ohio will be able [...] Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers at J.T.’s Bluegrass
We found another of Florida’s bluegrass gems this past Friday night, J.T.’s Bluegrass in Titusville. J.T. Shealy has promoted shows in various venues in Titusville since 2007. They are now at the Shepard's Hall. The upcoming schedule presents the Amanda Cook Band on February 18, and Appalachian Road Show on March 20. Friday was his 118th [...] Joe Mullins announces the Doug Eyink Alternative Strings Scholarship
Joe Mullins has announced a new scholarship for music students in Ohio which has been named for his dear friend, Doug Eyink, a very special educator in Centerville, OH who we have covered several times at Bluegrass Today. Doug runs an after school program for middle and high school students in Centerville called Alternative Strings, [...] Industrial Strength Bluegrass presentation in Ohio
The Black Swamp Arts Council and the Archbold Music Commission presented an evening of history and music at the Founders Hall in Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio on Thursday evening, following on the release of the recent book and album, Industrial Strength Bluegrass. Doug Gilliland organized the show that brought in Daniel Mullins presenting the [...] Living Left To Do video from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Billy Blue Records has released a new music video for Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers for one of the songs on their current Gospel album, Somewhere Beyond The Blue. This one is a performance video for Living Left To Do, written by Conrad Fisher, and sung by Ramblers guitarist, Adam McIntosh. It's a life-positive, [...] 