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As a Bluegrass Today reviewer – not to mention as a bluegrass fan in general - I listen to a lot of music throughout the year. Most of it’s good, some of it’s not so good, but a few albums have been great. There’s twelve months in a year, so here’s my top twelve albums [...]
Just to Hear the Whistle Blow was written by Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley in late 2012 or early 2013. They wrote their first tune together in 2003 and have written around 75 songs, not all of which have seen the light of day. Train songs have been a big part of American vernacular music [...]
Our August 8 Weekly Airplay chart is out, and Larry Sparks has returned to the #1 position with Bitterweeds from his 50th Anniversray album, Lonesome and Then Some. The Bluegrass Brothers also return to the Top 5 with Memories Of My Childhood, tied with Rhonda Vincent's Only Me at #3. Filling out the Top 5 are Balsam Range (Moon Over [...]
So much of Tim Stafford's identity is wrapped up in Blue Highway, his musical home for the last two decades. He's one terrific songwriter, singer and picker, but in that setting he's surrounded by a bandful of them who share the spotlight. On Just to Hear the Whistle Blow, his first solo project in 10 [...]
Steve Gulley has shared samples of a few tracks from his upcoming Rural Rhythm album, Family, Friends & Fellowship, due for wide release on July 22. While not an explicitly Gospel project, Gulley sees this one as an attempt to share his own faith journey, and some of the various inspirations he has experienced along the way. Steve [...]
Megan McKamey, a young vocalist, songwriter, and banjo player from East Tennessee, is set to release her first album, Here’s Your Goodbye, on July 15. Ahead of the full project, she has dropped the title track to radio as a single through Airplay Direct. All twelve tracks are her original songs, with supporting contributions from top bluegrass [...]
Blue Highway's Tim Stafford has released a debut single from his upcoming album, Just To Hear The Whistle Blow. It's the title track, which tells of the sort of regrets that may occur in middle age. Joining Tim on guitar and lead vocal on this song he wrote with Steve Gulley are Ron Stewart on [...]
Dave Yates' 4-song EP, Cardboard In Her Shoes, has got East Tennessee written all over it. Of course Yates himself is on the faculty in the East Tennessee State University's bluegrass music program, and has plied his trade as a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist in the area for years. Fellow faculty members Adam Steffey and Hunter [...]
Over this next few weeks, two benefit concerts will be held to raise funds for The Tony Rice Foundation, which is collecting donations to assist Tony while he seeks to recover from both his arm and voice problems. Over $60,000 has been raised since December, with more coming in all the time. Since recent aggravations [...]
In addition to the next Blue Highway CD, The Game, due January 21 on Rounder, guitarist Tim Stafford is starting a new solo project of his own today. He'll be recording with frequent collaborators Adam Steffey on mandolin, Barry Bales on bass, and Ron Stewart on banjo and fiddle. They will be working at Hat Creek [...]
