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Rural Rhythm Records is doing their part in celebrating 2011 as the centennial of Bill Monroe's birth with a live album to be recorded starting this weekend at the Bill Monroe’s Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Indiana. Like their popular 2010 live project from the Grave's Mountain festival, Tribute To Bill Monroe - Live [...]
Lonesome River Band has announced Randy Jones from Kentucky as their new mandolinist and tenor singer. Bluegrass fans may recall Randy from Larry Sparks' Silver Reflections album in 1986, or more recently as guitarist with Kentucky Wind. He also owns and operates Southfork Recording Company in Strunk, KY. Here he is in Conway, SC on [...]
When Andy Ball joined Lonesome River Band in early 2007 to play mandolin and sing tenor, he told band leader Sammy Shelor that he wasn't sure he could stay more than a year. Andy was living in Detroit and attending college, and didn't expect that he could handle the band travel while keeping up with [...]
Once again PopMatters, the webzine of popular culture, has included bluegrass in their lists of the Best Music of 2010. And as you might expect from a more mainstream publication, their picks are heavy on the edgier, contemporary side of bluegrass. Steve Leftridge, who writes the PM country music column, chose Things That Fly from [...]
Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), a project of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY, will feature Lonesome River Band on this weekend's edition of the Best Of Bluegrass. The show, hosted by Bob Mitchell, runs each Friday from 9:00-11:00 a.m. (EST), repeating on Sunday afternoons from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Bob tells us that the boys [...]
A special word of thanks to all of our fabulous IBMA correspondents and photographers! They did a terrific job in Nashville last week, and we actually still have a few more reports to post over the next few days. Before we finish, we had to include this precious photo from Roy Swann of Lonesome River [...]
This post is a contribution from Christy Reid, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. She will be reporting on her experiences at IBMA as a member of Lou Reid & Carolina. One look inside the door of Fisk Room 1 and 2, and you could see why this was the place to be on Wednesday [...]
Lonesome River Band is traveling with a new bass player, Barry Reed, who had worked previously with Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper. Barry had left the road - and his gig with Michael - when his first child was born, but has been eager to get back at it of late. LRB bandleader and banjo picker [...]
The latest CD from Lonesome River Band, Still Learning, is out on Rural Rhythm. You can hear audio samples now on the LRB web site. As a long-time fan, it's hard to believe that this band has been going for nearly 30 years. The list of bluegrass greats that have cycled through Lonesome River Band [...]
Still Learning, the next CD from Lonesome River Band, isn't due until July 13 on Rural Rhythm Records, but you can get a sneak peek on Tuesday evening (6/29). Sammy Shelor will be joining Judith Barnette on WBRF-FM to talk about the new album, and play several of the tracks during the Blue Ridge Backroads [...]
