There Where The River Rolls Around from Lonesome River Band
Lonesome River Band is going hard into 2026, having just released their second single of the new year with Mountain Home Music, There Where The River Rolls Around. It showcases the band’s ability to seamlessly blend old time and bluegrass music, fitting perfectly within what people enjoy hearing in acoustic music these days. Bandleader and […]
Bernadette drops for Lonesome River Band
After four decades as performing and recording artists, Lonesome River Band is still showing the bluegrass world how it’s done, especially with their trademark “go to h*ll” songs where an abused lover vents their spleen in the direction of the accused. And that’s just what we get with their latest release from Mountain Home Music, […]
No Business Mountain from Lonesome River Band
No Business Mountain is the title of the new Mountain Home Music single from Lonesome River Band. It’s a story about a teenaged boy looking up a mountain where his beloved lives, and the apprehension he feels going up, knowing that her dad is waiting for him with rifle in hand. The title refers to […]
Sammy Shelor’s birthday bash in Big Stone Gap
Lonesome River Band reunion at Blue Highway Fest ’25 – photo © Joshua T Moore Friday was an extra special day in Big Stone Gap, VA for Sammy Shelor and Lonesome River Band fans. The award winning banjoist and longtime band leader celebrated his birthday with a reunion of former LRB bandmates Dan Tyminski, Don […]
Square Dance Friday Night from Lonesome River Band
The Lonesome River Band’s latest single released last Friday, and it’s a song that transports you right into the middle of a vibrant, bustling dance hall on the Carolina/Virginia line. Square Dance Friday Night kicks off with Mike Hartgrove’s fiddle rocking everyone in like he’s signaling that the dancing is fixing to begin, while the […]
Lonesome River Band has the Blues
Lonesome River Band head honcho Sammy Shelor brings in a different sound for their latest Mountain Home Music single, and indeed on their upcoming album, Telegrass. Everyone in bluegrass knows of Sammy’s accolades with the ol’ five string, winning IBMA Banjo Player of the Year five times, and being the 2011 recipient of the Steve […]
Randy Jones passes
Randy Jones with Lonesome River Band at MerleFest (5/4/14) – photo © Judith Burnette Randy Jones, noted bluegrass mandolinist and singer, died on April 9 at his home in Stearns, KY. He was 58 years of age, and passed after a battle with cancer. He was involved with bluegrass most of his life, starting at […]
I’m on to You from Lonesome River Band
Lonesome River Band also has a new single to share, one that reaches back to an earlier time with the band, and a solo project boss man Sammy Shelor released, Leading Roll. Shelor says that the song kept popping up, so they decided to cut it anew. “I’m on to You is a song written […]
Jesse Smathers to Mountain Home Music
Jesse Smathers – photo © Laci Mack Jesse Smathers has been announced as the newest signee with the Mountain Home Music label. Currently guitarist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band, Jesse grew up in a deeply musical family in North Carolina. His first instrument was the mandolin, and he joined LRB in 2015 playing just […]
Jaelee Roberts covers LRB’s Looking For Yourself
Jaelee Roberts, the IBMA’s 2024 Female Vocalist of the Year, has reached back to 1989 to cover one of Lonesome River Band’s top-selling numbers, Looking For Yourself. As much as it pains those of us who remember that song (and album) from our youth, it is one ripe for a reworking, and Roberts delivers in […]
