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If you’re looking for clear, high lead vocals in today’s bluegrass community, one of the first voices to come to mind likely will be Larry Stephenson. Stephenson has been producing quality traditional bluegrass music for close to forty years – almost thirty of those with his own Larry Stephenson Band. The latest release from the [...]
The fallout from Hurricane Matthew continues to wreak havoc for bluegrass artists. We've learned today that Larry Stephenson has been forced to cancel his scheduled album release concert this Friday in North Carolina due to the flooding that remains a problem in the state. Even though the storm passed through several days ago, the effects [...]
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 [...]
The Larry Stephenson Band is hard at work on their next album, tracking with Larry's co-producer Ben Surratt at Ben's Rec Room Studio in Nashville. This will be their third project for Larry's Whysper Dream Music label, a follow-up to their current record, Pull Your Savior In. With Larry in the studio is his touring band: Kenny Ingram [...]
Thursday at the 15th Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival opened with the wonderful sibling harmony of Flatt Lonesome. Bluegrass Today columnist, Chris Jones, brought the Night Drivers to the stage next. Virginia native, Larry Stephenson, is always a favorite at the festival. The Spinney Brothers are becoming one of the best bother duet acts on the [...]
Some of the top performers in bluegrass music got together this past weekend to offer a very special concert for Lance LeRoy. It was held at the home of his son, Lanny, in Mt. Juliet, TN where Lance and his wife, Myrtle, now live. Now retired, LeRoy is remembered for bringing a high level of [...]
Larry Stephenson joined us during World of Bluegrass week in September to talk about his latest release, the all-Gospel album Pull Your Savior In. We ended up reminiscing a bit about his days with The Bluegrass Cardinals a bit as well. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="60490"]
An album which begins with the vocal quartet of Larry Stephenson, Jimmy Fortune, David Parmley, and Dale Perry can’t help but be good, and Pull Your Savior In, the newest effort (and fifth all-Gospel project) from the Larry Stephenson Band, doesn’t disappoint. It serves as both an all-new release and a celebration of Stephenson’s twenty-fifth [...]
The first day of the Nothin’ Fancy Festival in Buena Vista, Virginia was a Virginia day. James King opened the show to an adoring crowd. He was followed by Reno and Harrell. The offspring of Don Reno and Bill Harrell are held in great esteem in Virginia. A local band called Southern Hospitality followed. Larry [...]
Larry Stephenson has announced a new single, the title track from his upcoming album, Pull Your Savior In. It's a new song of Larry's, a driving bluegrass Gospel number recorded with his early 2014 touring band (Kenny Ingram on banjo, Jordan Laney on guitar, and Danny Stewart on bass). At the same time, he has [...]
