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It’s finally here, fellas: Die Hard 5 hits theaters TODAY! Unfortunately, for most of you, Bruce Willis takes a backseat to Cupid. If you didn’t know by now, today is Valentine’s Day. How many of you have forgotten until now? And yes, your local Wal-Mart is already sold out of flowers and chocolates. What’s a [...]
During last weekend's Pickin' In The Panhandle festival in West Virginia, we spoke with NewFound Road front man Tim Shelton about his next recording project. As Tim tells it, the record will find him stepping outside the bluegrass realm, exploring another side of his artistry. The pair of tracks he played for me were terrific, [...]
We had big fun today at the Pickin' In The Panhandle festival. Just around noon, a real worm strangler hit the campground, which stopped the show for an hour or so. Things got re-started, but the rains returned time and again until late afternoon when sunny skies reappeared. But the music never stopped completely, as [...]
With this mega-gallery, we conclude Frank Baker's superb photo journalism at the August 2012 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Frank!
The photos accompanying this review of the first day at Red, White & Bluegrass were taken by Laura Tate Ridge. To say thousands braved day one of Red White & Bluegrass in Morganton, North Carolina is an understatement. While temperatures reached 105 degrees, fans searched for every square inch of shade. One festival-goer joked “it was [...]
Here is one last batch of images Woody Edwards captured at ROMP 2012. Follow this link to see the others.
NewFound Road's February performance on Mountain Stage is set to air on their many NPR affiliates the weekend of May 11. This episode was recorded live back in late February, and also features performances from Martin Sexton, Belinda Smith, Whitehorse, and the Ryan Montbleau Band. Tim Shelton, NewFound Road's guitarist and primary vocalist "Performing on [...]
For week four of the Album of the Week series, I went a little more modern and snagged an album by one of my favorite new bluegrass groups: NewFound Road. Tim Shelton formed the band around 2002. After having performed with the southern Ohio gospel group, The Beacons (with Joe Mullins), Shelton decided to set [...]
Today's the day NewFound Road's latest project, Live At The Down Home, sees its official release on Rounder. It's a departure for the band, not only for it being their first live album (with a concert DVD to follow), but also for showcasing the evolution of their stage show this past few years. Since their [...]
A debut video from NewFound Road's upcoming Rounder album, Live At The Down Home, has been released online. This project was - you guessed it - recorded live at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN on December 4, 2010. It was captured for both an audio CD and a concert DVD. Here's NFR's Tim [...]
