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On February 26, the 15th Annual Leon Kiser Memorial Tribute Concert was held in Bristol, TN at the historic Paramount Theater. The show is produced each year by the Appalachian Cultural Music Association to raise money to fund their Benny Sims and Leon Kiser scholarships for students in the Bluegrass and Old Time Music program [...]
Mike Scott is known to most bluegrass fans as a banjo picker, having spent lengthy stints with Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass, Jim & Jesse and Ronnie Reno. But Scott is also a talented vocalist and songwriter with a number of solo albums to his credit. His latest is Take Me Lord and Use [...]
We have lauded several times the efforts of Rebel and County Records in getting their deep back catalog into digital distribution. They have been recording bluegrass and old time music since the early 1960s, and have several hundred titles between them, many of them classics. Two more will be available from online MP3 audio resellers [...]
Ricky Skaggs' connection to Ralph Stanley is well-documented, from his having worked as a Clinch Mountain Boy in the early 1970s to making a number Stanley songs into country hits in the late 1980s when Skaggs was a Nashville country phenom. I first heard Skaggs during those Stanley days, when both he and Keith Whitley [...]
The Roys are the most recent artists to sign with Rural Rhythm Records. Lee and Elaine Roy are brother-and-sister duet partners with a rich bluegrass heritage, which they employ alongside more contemporary Americana and country influences. A new Rural Rhythm project, Lonesome Whistle, is due in March of 2011, with a first single hitting on [...]
Rebel Records has two new entries to announce in its ongoing commitment to digitizing their complete catalog of classic bluegrass and old time music. The label intends to shoot for two new digital releases each month, a real treat for lovers of the old time way. For October, they have a pair of Ralph Stanley [...]
From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information will include births and deaths; recording sessions; single, LP and CD release dates; and other [...]
In adition to the fine photos taken by our 2010 IBMA shooters (Russ Carson, Christy Reid and Roy Swann), we have found a number of other sites that have images posted. Cindy Baucom, who co-produced the Awards Show with Trisha Tubbs, got some great shots backstage during both the rehearsal and the show itself. She [...]
Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings in the history of bluegrass music. Any serious student of our music recognizes the [...]
We have recently become acquainted with photographer G. Milo Farineau, who is working on a photo book project on music festivals, with an emphasis on bluegrass. He is collaborating with Chester Simpson, an experienced photojournalist whose credits include Rolling Stone and USO. Milo currently shoots for The Hook, a weekly paper published in Charlottesville, VA. [...]
