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Mark Newton and Steve Thomas are the latest artists to be signed by Pinecastle Records, it has been announced today. A new duo project, Reborn, is scheduled for an April 9 release. Both of these fine musicians have enjoyed a long career in bluegrass. Mark has been known primarily as a vocalist, getting started with [...]
Steve Johnson, Principal with Mountain Music Entertainment has announced that he is closing the agency to take the job of Artist Relations manager with MerleFest. This explains yesterday's announcement that Junior Sisk had left Johnson for representation with Roe Entertainment. Steve says that he will be assisting the rest of his acts in obtaining new [...]
Matt Wallace has been announced as the newest member of The StillHouse Band, fronted by Mark Newton and Steve Thomas. A native of Knoxville, TN, Wallace has spent years working with a variety of bluegrass acts, including David Parmley, Paul Williams and Audie Blaylock. He is expected to start with The StillHouse Band later this [...]
A reunion of the influential 1980s bluegrass band, The Virginia Squires, has been scheduled for August 24 in Fredricksburg, VA. The all-day event, which will also include a golf outing, is a benefit for bluegrass veteran Mark Newton. We had reported last month that Newton was taken ill in Virginia during the Graves Mountain Festival [...]
Though the annual Summer NAMM show in Nashville is oriented to the wider music retail industry, that doesn't mean that a bit of bluegrass didn't find its way into the mix. Here are a few photos of Mark Newton and Steve Thomas performing at the Cedar Creek Custom Case booth on Saturday.
I recently had an opportunity to visit with singer-songwriter Dale Pyatt about some of his recent projects. He's excited about the just released Run Secretariat Run, a song he wrote about the great racehorse, which he recorded with the help of Steve Thomas, Jenee Fleenor, and Aaron McDaris. This is a song of personal significance to Dale, as he had the [...]
Summertown Road has added a new lane, bringing on celebrated fiddler Steve Thomas, and marking the band's debut as a quintet. Thomas has performed with a notable array of top bluegrass talent, having worked with Del McCoury, Lost and Found, The Osborne Brothers, The Whites, Lonesome River Band and, most recently, JD Crowe & the [...]
