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Mountain Heart has announced that Jake Stargel has joined the band on guitar, filling the spot just vacated by Clay Jones. Jake is a fiery flatpicker from Georgia who at 19 years of age has already developed quite a reputation in the acoustic music world. Already a Georgia flatpick champ as a young teen, he [...]
Fresh off an appearance on Nashville's Music City Roots, bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart have announced an endorsement deal with French's Music City Boots. This new partnership will find Mountain Heart's music promoted and offered for sale at point-of-purchase displays in all of the French's locations, and in various French's media and marketing campaigns. The [...]
Talk about hot and spicy - and tasty too! Bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart have signed on as the latest artist in the Vietti Vinyl program, sponsored by Choice Food of America in Nashville. They will be part of Choice's national promotion of their all-natural Vietti Chili brand, so look for Mountain Heart on your [...]
Mountain Heart was back in the studio yesterday, putting finishing touches on their upcoming EP project. As we have reported before, this project will find the buys showcasing their new, edgier, more rock-inflected sound - something they have been sliding towards for the past two years. Josh Shilling sent along a photo of John with [...]
Photographer Bill Merlavage was in attendance at DelFest this past Memorial Day weekend in Maryland, and would seem to have had his camera close at hand all four days. He tells us that it was a fantastic show this year. Bill captured the vibe of the weekend in a large gallery of photos posted on [...]
As promised, here is video of Mountain Heart at the Suwannee River Jam last weekend. These two clips follow the guys in the backstage artist area, on the bus, singing the National Anthem to kick off the event, and then kicking it on stage. There are scenes from the band's sets and a midnight jam [...]
Here's an advance look and listen to a song from the upcoming Mountain Heart project, an EP expected in early July. The song is That Just Happened, written by Josh Shilling and Jim VanCleve, shot at The Melting Point in Athens, GA on April 24. The band has been migrating steadily this past few years [...]
Josh Shilling and Jim VanCleve from Mountain Heart will commandeer the live WSM radio signal in Nashville this Thursday (4/1) from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (CDT) in what they are calling the Mountain Heart Hostile Takeover. WSM has been promoting these Celebrity Studio Takeovers of late. Dierks Bentley has Monday, Pam Tillis has Tuesday, Jim [...]
Aaron Ramsey, the newest, youngest and most deep-voiced member of Mountain Heart, is finishing up his second solo CD. His debut, self-titled album was released in 2006 when Aaron was 20 years old, and current plans are to have the new project out by July, 2010. Ramsey will be handling the mandolin and much of [...]
Josh Shilling sent us a copy of the latest piece for his D'Addario Strings blog. It appears that the Mountain Heart boys get to spend a week in the Caribbean next month. Tough duty! He doesn't mention it in his blog, but Mountain Heart has just been selected to perform at the Suwanee River Jam [...]
