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Bluegrass Today will have a crew at ROMP this weekend in Owensboro, KY. They will be conducting interviews, taking pictures, shooting video and generally prowling about the grounds. If you're doing something there you shouldn't oughta, be careful - it might end up online. It looks to be quite a lineup: Vince Gill's bluegrass show, [...]
We had a pair of photographers shooting yesterday in Norfolk, VA at the Town Mountain concert. They performed on the lawn at Norfolk's lovely Heritage Museum, and from all accounts put on a whale of a show. Thanks to Bryan Brough of Eyecaptures Photography and our own Woody Edwards for the shots.
Town Mountain recorded a trio of live, in-studio videos during the Knoxville Rhythm N Blooms festival this past Spring. These videos, showcasing songs from their Steady Operator CD, are now available in HD at Live and Breathing. Here's a look at one of the clips, a solid performance of Sparkle City, with Robert Greer singing lead. [...]
Fans of traditional bluegrass had good reason for optimism before the sound check was concluded for the Tuesday evening showcase featuring Town Mountain. The setup featured a single condenser microphone at mid-stage, hinting at the old-style performance to follow. The group did not disappoint, taking the stage attired in open-collar suits and wowing the audience [...]
North Carolina's Town Mountain sees their first album with Pinecastle Music, Steady Operator, released today (5/10). It showcases their decidedly modern take on the bluegrass genre, which doesn't so much straddle the line between a traditional and progressive approach as it does hop back and forth across it continuously. Nothing demonstrates this better than how [...]
Pinecastle Records has announced the newest band to be signed to the label. Town Mountain hails from Asheville, NC, but has been touring other areas of the country since 2005, when they won the band competition at the Rockygrass festival in Colorado. The members of Town Mountain are: Phil Barker (mandolin, vocals), Robert Greer (guitar, vocals), Jesse Langlais (banjo, vocals), Bobby Britt(fiddle), [...]
