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Mountain Fever Records has released a debut single from their upcoming album by Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice, The Mountains Are Calling Me Home. If you know anything about Junior, you know that this project title comes straight from his heart. He lives in amongst the mountains of southwest Virginia, and it takes a lot [...]
For over 5 decades, Southern Ohio has been a hotbed for bluegrass music, tracing back to the briarhoppers heading north for the industrial boom of the '50s and '60s. Supporting a family sometimes meant leaving your native mountains for the city, but these folks brought their beloved mountain music with them, helping soothe their homesick [...]
Nothin’ Fancy had a perfect weather weekend for their 16th festival this past weekend. Remington Ryde opened Friday’s show to a “ready for some bluegrass music” crowd. They were followed by multi-IBMA award nominees, Flatt Lonesome. Then Little Roy Lewis and Lizzy Long hit the stage at a hundred miles an hour – the normal!! Roy [...]
Junior Sisk brought Rambler’s Choice to the Oakland County Parks program, Music in the Meadows on Friday, August 19th. Music in the Meadows is a series of free concerts held at Bear Creek Nature Park in Oakland Township in southeast Michigan. Many in the audience were followers of the concert series and not necessarily bluegrass [...]
The Friday stage show at the Norwalk Music Festival was kicked off by a local band, Vertical Limit, playing strong, traditional bluegrass. They were followed by Columbus, Ohio’s Out of Mind Bluegrass Band. Co-promoter Kurt Hickman brought his band, Harbourtown to the stage next. Newly formed Mitch Jr. and Drivin’ Time along with Kyle Estep brought [...]
The Friday night show at the Norwalk Music Festival closed out with a tribute to Ralph Stanley and the Stanley Brothers. Festival co-promoter, Chris Smith, and Junior Sisk teamed up to present this touching tribute. Chris had this to say just before joining Junior on stage: “Junior and I share a love for the music of [...]
The Norwalk Music festival, now in its 4th year, has a few things special in store this year. Independence Day takes place during the week of the festival and early arrivals will have a front row seat to the town’s fireworks display at the Huron County fairgrounds. Additionally, The Band of Ruhks will be making [...]
The opening track of Junior Sisk's new album, Poor Boy's Pleasure, kicks of with a moonshining song. I know! I'm as shocked as you are. Sisk, the bluegrass pride of Franklin County, VA is among the most renowned vocalists in our music, and has been turning out powerful recordings of hard-driving traditional bluegrass for the [...]
This coming weekend at the Chantilly Farm Bluegrass & BBQ Festival in Floyd, VA Junior Sisk will officially release his first album for Mountain Fever Records, Poor Boy's Pleasure. Fans will be able to purchase a copy at the festival, where Junior and Rambler's Choice will perform four times over two days. Poor Boy's Pleasure [...]
Once again the Boston Bluegrass Union has put on a great festival with top notch bands on stages, around 50 workshops offering folks chances to learn techniques, histories, and to interact in an intimate setting with great players. They also had the Sunday night dance party, and of course ample spaces for spontaneous bluegrass jammin' [...]
