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We just got an update from the Larry Stephenson Band, who have been hard at work this week at the Compass Records studio tracking for their next project, coincidentally set for release on Compass in 2012. With Larry was his current touring band: Kenny Ingram on banjo, Kevin Richardson on guitar and Danny Stewart on [...]
Compass Records has announced that Larry Stephenson has signed a multi-album deal with the label, and will begin work in October on a new project for a 2012 release. He will be working at Compass' studio in Nashville, with Ben Suratt helming the controls, and co-producing with Larry. Stephenson was one of the many artists [...]
New Pinecastle owner Lonnie Lassiter is doing much more than just resurrecting the label after health issues forced founder Tom Riggs to retire in February 2010. They are in the process of creating digital re-issues from the deep catalog of titles from both the Pinecastle and WEBCO brands it controls. 12 long out-of-print recordings are [...]
Larry Stephenson sent along this lovely remembrance of Sterling Belcher, who passed away on January 30. Sterling produced the Festival In The Pines each spring for the past 30 years. I've met many bluegrass fans, promoters, bands, etc. in my years of performing but I've never met anyone with the passion and love for bluegrass [...]
We are sorry to report that festival promoter Sterling Belcher passed away on Saturday (1/30). Sterling managed the Festival In The Pines in Rocky Mt, VA for the past 30 years, and was father-in-law to bluegrass entertainer Larry Stephenson, who is married to Sterling's daughter, Dreama. We had posted about Sterling's health problems when they [...]
Larry Stephenson and Ben Surratt - 2010 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year Give This Message to Your Heart, Larry Stephenson featuring Dailey & Vincent (artists), Ben Surratt & Larry Stephenson (producers), Whysper Dream
Larry Stephenson's 20th Anniversary CD, with the delightfully appropriate title 20th Anniversary, was released earlier this week on his brand new label, Whysper Dream Music. The label takes its name from he and Dreama's baby girl, Falon Whysper, whose birth in April 2009 was the culmination of many years of dreams and prayers. The new [...]
The bluegrass music industry has been hit hard by the sudden announcement on January 29 that Pinecastle Records was shutting down, with only 2 days notice. The decision was made by the family of Tom Riggs, who founded the company in 1989, and triggered by their recognition that Tom would require 24 hour managed care [...]
We posted last Friday with the sad news that Pinecastle Records was closing its doors, effective February 1, after 20 years producing and marketing bluegrass music worldwide. The company was started in 1989 by Tom Riggs after a successful career as a Pizza Hut franchisee in Florida. Riggs moved the company to North Carolina in [...]
A second benefit concert for Eddie Adcock, who is experiencing multiple medical issues, has been arranged for Thursday, February 4. The concert, going under the name of McReynolds Memorial Bluegrass Music Spectacular, is to be hosted by bluegrass veteran Jesse McReynolds, who will play with his band, the Virginia Boys, and will take place at [...]
