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Saturday at SOIMF - to regulars, and the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival to everyone else - kicked off with a breakfast for the members of the Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers Fan Club. Kenny Smith, Buddy Robertson, and Michael Stockman conducted a guitar and dobro workshop prior to the start of the day’s [...]
The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival is hosted In November and March by the Joe Mullins family. The November edition was kicked off by Sugar Creek, a young family band from Columbus, Ohio. Remington Ryde from Pennsylvania graced the stage next. They bring their own blend of original music and the comedy of Billy Cox. [...]
A rainy Saturday did not dampen the enthusiasm for the crowd at the 15th Nothin' Fancy Festival. Local band, The Virginia Ramblers, opened the show with a mix of traditional and gospel favorites. Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice filled in for the Moron Brothers who had an illness in the family. Junior always gives the [...]
Singing News Radio and Salem Media Group have announced that Joe Mullins will be the new host of their popular Front Porch Fellowship radio program. The show is syndicated across 140 independent stations in the US and Canada each week, and broadcast live at singingnewsradio.com each Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 p.m. (ET). Front Porch [...]
September 18 has been given as the release date for The Blue Are Still The Blues, a 15-song retrospective CD from Rebel Records taken from the four albums recorded for the label by The Traditional Grass in the 1990s. The highly influential group featured the father/son team of the late Paul "Moon" Mullins, icon of The [...]
This coverage of the Brown County Fest is a contribution from Artie Werner, bass player/booking agent for The Missy Werner Band, and husband of The Missy Werner. Festival promoter Don Morgan, along with son Rob, achieved a milestone this past weekend as they celebrated the 25th year of The Brown County Bluegrass Festival. The three [...]
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 [...]
Classic Country Radio, a mini-conglomerate of three advertiser-supported radio stations in southern Ohio, is celebrating their 20th Anniversary on the air this month. What started as an old, broken-down facility at WBZI in Xenia has grown under the direction of Joe Mullins into a broadcasting powerhouse playing traditional country and bluegrass music in the Cincinnati [...]
Daniel Mullins will be reporting from the 2015 Bean Blossom Festival all week, as Internet service in the campground allows. Check back each day for his reports and photos. The remainder of his reports will be after the fact. The sixth day of the 49th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival was an exciting one, featuring [...]
Volume Five opened Thursday at Rudy Fest 2015 to an appreciative crowd. Their set was washed out by rain last year, but sunshine held for this year’s! Wildfire followed providing some memories of time spent with J.D. Crowe. Danny Davis joined Wildfire and son, Chris Davis, for a couple songs. Joe Mullins and the Radio [...]
