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I'm in Nashville this weekend for the 36th annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. A number of artists are taking advantage of this opportunity to release new music today as SPBGMA gets into high gear, and we'll have a couple of them posted today on the site. Next [...]
Today’s single release, the 9th in the 11 weeks of new singles program by Pinecastle Records, is Deanie Richardson’s Stoney Mae, a song written by Richardson and Bill Tennyson. Richardson says this about how the song came to be and what it’s all about … "My dear friend Bill Tennyson had the idea for the [...]
Chosen Road has a new single release today, the first from their upcoming Poor Mountain Records album The Storm In Me, due to hit later this year. For the single, they have chosen Blood Stained Bible, a powerful new song from Ronnie Bowman and Bob Minner. It tells the story of an army chaplain who [...]
Rural Rhythm Records has released a second single from their upcoming project with Billy Droze. Still a young man at 29, Droze has already written hit songs for The Grascals (I Know Better and Her Memory Again) plus popular album cuts for Flatt Lonesome, Junior Sisk, Marty Raybon, and Randy Kohrs, and for country artists [...]
Billy Droze is about to become a household name among lovers of bluegrass music. Remember... you read it here first. Those working in our industry have recognized his talents for years, writing songs for The Grascals, Junior Sisk, Flatt Lonesome, Marty Raybon and others. He has also penned ones recorded by country artists Daryl Worley and [...]
While Chris Stapleton, former guitarist and lead singer for The Steeldrivers, continued his march through the country music institutions last night in Las Vegas, his dominance at the Academy of Country Music awards last night also included spots for several of his bluegrass buddies. The 2016 Song of the Year award went to Chris for Nobody [...]
Mountain Fever Records has released a debut single from their upcoming Junior Sisk album, Poor Boy's Pleasure. This will be their first record for Junior and his band, Rambler's Choice. The single, Longneck Blues, features a duet between Junior and his old pal Ronnie Bowman. Long before the wider world knew much about Sisk, he [...]
What's up with Grasstowne? That's a question I've heard more than a few times this past few years. Founder and mandolinist Alan Bibey has seen a lot of changes with this band in the nine years since they formed as a partnership between he, Steve Gulley, and Phil Leadbetter. Bibey's partners peeled off over the [...]
Fresh off the success of their debut album, Band of Ruhks is putting the finishing touches on a music video for the first single, Coal Mining Man. Bassist and vocalist Ronnie Bowman tells us that they have already shot footage of Ralph Stanley, who kicks off the song on the album, and spent this past Monday [...]
Ronnie Bowman is really excited about the upcoming album from Band of Ruhks, formerly known as The Rambling Rooks. And when Ronnie gets excited, he starts to gush. No holding back for this successful Nashville songwriter, who possesses one of the most iconic voices in recent bluegrass history. Band Of Ruhks involves a reunion of [...]
