Saturday at Palatka 2014

Cody Schuler and Pine Mountain Railroad opened the show on Saturday at Palatka, and Dry Branch Fire Squad appeared for the second day. They were followed by the high energy of Little Roy and Lizzy. Marty Raybon and Rhonda Vincent followed. The show was closed out by the legendary country music star, Gene Watson. Gene found [...]

Irene Kelley’s Pennsylvania Coal

I wasn’t prepared for what happened the first time I hit play on Irene Kelley’s new CD, Pennsylvania Coal. I’ve known and admired her work as a songwriter and I knew from reading the liner notes that the picking would be terrific. That’s a given when the credits include Adam Steffey on mandolin, Stuart Duncan [...]

Rhonda Vincent’s Only Me

Rhonda Vincent’s Only Me, released yesterday (1/28), settles a longstanding debate: Is she country or is she bluegrass? The answer found on this delicious recording is a resounding yes. There’s something for everybody: Six bluegrass cuts on one CD, six country cuts – traditional country, not the current stuff that’s really just pop in boots [...]

Rhonda talks about her new CD

Tomorrow (1/28) is the official release date for Rhonda Vincent's next album, Only Me, a curious sort of double album with six bluegrass tracks on one disc and six country tracks on the other. It is packaged in such a way as to make the point that the two CDs are both separate, and part [...]

Final day of Bluegrass in Superclass

The final day of Bluegrass in Super Class on January 12, 20014 was kicked off by Nitro Ride from Pennsylvania. They were followed by Idletymes, Remington Ryde, The Bluegrass Mountaineers, and Rhonda Vincent & the Rage. The last picture is the Bluegrass Mountaineers with 4 generations of the Efaw family on stage together. Ed Efaw [...]

Rhonda left out in the cold

Rhonda VincentI'm sure most of us in the US have their own stories about dealing with the record cold temperatures we've been experiencing this week. For Rhonda Vincent, our reigning Bluegrass Queen, the travails of air travel and extreme cold paired up on Monday for a unique airport adventure. It began when her flight from Nashville [...]

Only Me from Rhonda Vincent

Rhonda VincentUpper Management Music has announced January 28, 2014 as the release date for Only Me, the next album from Rhonda Vincent. Long time fans know that Rhonda has jumped back and forth between the country and bluegrass markets all her life, and this project is meant to answer the question, "Is she a bluegrass or [...]

Danny Paisley doing well after surgery

Danny PaisleyWe have just learned that Danny Paisley has come through successful triple bypass surgery about an hour ago. He will be in recovery for another couple hours before he can see anyone, but we're told that the procedure went well. He had suffered a heart attack in late October, but the blockages were not severe [...]

Hunter Berry live in Hiltons

Bluegrass fans got an inside look at the recording process this past Sunday, November 24, when Hunter Berry gathered some of his closest and most talented friends at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia to record a new, live album. Along with his bandmates in Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, his wife Sally, and [...]

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