Photos from Gettysburg – Spring 2014

Here's a first gallery of photos from Frank Baker, taken during last weekend's wet-n-wild Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Look for additional photos over the next few days.  

Nighthawk from Danny Roberts

Danny RobertsDanny Roberts, The Grascals' mando man, has a new CD set for a May release on Mountain Home Music. Nighthawk highlights Danny's creative side with ten new tunes for mandolin, and his extra talented family, wife Andrea and daughter Jaelee. Both are fine vocalists, with Andrea having established her bona fides working with bands like Petticoat [...]

Ashes of Love raises $4k for Steve Thomas

Last night's Ashes Of Love benefit concert in Nashville raised roughly $4,000 for Steve Thomas. His home was destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve, and most of his and his wife Janet's personal items were lost. As always, the bluegrass folks rallied round, and organizer Mark Newton tells us that there were at least [...]

Benefit show scheduled for Steve and Janet Thomas

It was New Year's Eve that Nashville grasser Steve Thomas and his wife, Janet, were enjoying a quiet night at home, until they saw smoke filling the room. Two hours later they stood outside watching the home they had rented in Gallatin this past three years smoldering after the fire was finally put out. Needless [...]

Grascals in the studio: Road To Milan

The Grascals have released a video for Road To Milan, the lone instrumental on their new Mountain Home album, When I Get My Pay. It's a different sort of music video, following the band in the studio as they rehearse and prepare to record the track. Non-musician fans should get a kick out of watching [...]

The Grascals – When I Get My Pay

Fast approaching their tenth year as a successful bluegrass band, The Grascals have just released their second album on the Mountain Home Music label, When I Get My Pay (MH 1485-2). The CD features 13 songs and sees Kristin Scott Benson making her vocal debut on disc, with a strong presentation on Are You Up [...]

American Pickers video from The Grascals

Mountain Home has released a debut music video for their upcoming album for The Grascals, When I Get My Pay. The song featured here is a tribute written for one of Grascal Jamie Johnson's favorite television programs, American Pickers, for which the song is titled. In addition to all the band members, both the track [...]

Adam Haynes to The Grascals

Just two days after The Grascals announced that they would take the next several months to find an appropriate replacement for long-time fiddler Jeremy Abshire, they announced this afternoon that Adam Haynes would be stepping in to the gig. Adam has been working with Grasstowne for the past three and a half years, and before [...]

Jeremy Abshire exits The Grascals

We heard this afternoon from Jeremy Abshire, now former fiddler with The Grascals, announcing his departure from the group. "Friends, as some of you may or may not know, after six years with The Grascals, a handful of recordings together, and a lifetime of memories, it's time for the next chapter of my musical journey. [...]

PreddyFest 2013 report

PreddyFestEddie Adcock at PreddyFest 2013 - photo © Laura Tate Photography This recap and photos from Preddyfest 2013 comes from Laura Tate Ridge, of Laura Tate Photography and Deep River Management. Among the sweltering heat present on Friday at Preddyfest in Franklinton, NC there was also an energy unmatched from fellow Bluegrassians. I was happily greeted [...]

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