Hopeless Holler to sponsor NewFound Road
NewFound Road, reunited for a 25th anniversary tour this year, has announced that they are being sponsored by the Hopeless Holler Trading Co. Led as they have been for 25 years by lead vocalist and guitarist Tim Shelton, NewFound Road has long been noted for their creative material, powerful sound, and strong singing. With banjo/guitar […]
Ethan Ratliff to NewFound Road
Ethan Ratliff – photo © Joshua Moore NewFound Road has announced that Ethan Ratliff from Abingdon, VA has joined the group on guitar. A young performer, Ethan has already made a name for himself in southwestern Virginia and beyond, working with The Mike Mitchell Band, Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, and Addie Levy, among others. […]
Need To Get Some Highway In from NewFound Road
Today, Billy Blue Records has released the first single from NewFound Road, resurrected after a period of inactivity to perform and record again. The band had gone fallow in 2013 after a run of more than a decade, with a number of successful albums and a horde of dedicated fans. The new song is Need […]
NewFound Road to Billy Blue Records
A great many bluegrass lovers have been excited about the return of NewFound Road, a popular bluegrass group from Ohio that recoded a number of well-received albums in the early 2000s. Headed up by vocalist Tim Shelton, the group went through a number of iterations before closing up shop in 2013. Among those pleased to […]
NewFound Road is back… again
NewFound Road has been a popular group since guitarist and vocalist Tim Shelton started in 2001, initially as a bluegrass gospel act with three successful recordings with Mountain Home Music. Their sound gradually drifted towards a secular, contemporary bluegrass style, which was formalized by the rime they went with Rounder Records in 2006. At the […]
NewFound Road says farewell in Miamisburg
Bluegrass and Gospel music stalwarts, NewFound Road, officially said goodbye on January 27 with a final show at the historic Plaza Theatre in Miamisburg, OH. Tim Shelton assembled the original band for this farewell performance, with himself on guitar, Jr. Williams on banjo and guitar, Rob Baker on mandolin, and Tim Caudill on bass. Frequent guest [...] Tim Shelton says goodbye to NewFound Road in 2019
Rumors of the demise of NewFound Road have been greatly exaggerated in recent years, but founder and lead singer Tim Shelton tells us that this time, it's for real. The popular bluegrass group launched in 2001 as a Gospel act, and officially disbanded in 2013 after having evolved into a contemporary/progressive bluegrass band. Though occasional [...] NewFound Road reunion show next month in Kentucky
The Mandolin Farms Bluegrass Festival in Flemingsburg, KY will host a reunion performance by NewFound Road, featuring the original band members, on August 3. The group, which formed about this time back in 2001, was largely based around the singing of Tim Shelton. When they started, their focus was bluegrass Gospel, though the material gradually [...] NewFound Road reunion shows in 2014
We caught up with Tim Shelton late last week, and he shared some of what he has been doing since NewFound Road disbanded last year. As it turns out, he has spent the past few weeks talking with event producers about a mini-reunion tour for the band this year, which Shelton says wasn't something any [...] Tim Shelton to Lonesome Day
Lonesome Day Records has announced the signing of Tim Shelton to a multi-project deal. Shelton had until this year been the lead singer and guitarist for NewFound Road, a contemporary bluegrass group that was mixing pop and blues influences in their music. They had a number of projects on Rounder along with a strong fan [...] 