Jacob Eller has been announced as the new bass player with consistent bluegrass chart toppers Volume Five. Bluegrass fans know Jacob from his time on bass with Galax, VA group No Speed Limit, and with both Sierra Hull and The Church Sisters. He says that he is eager to be working with his new group, [...]
Volume Five also has a new single today from Mountain Fever Records, another from their next album with the label. This time it's a new song from the pen of Josh Miller called Losing My Religion, not to be confused with the smash hit for R.E.M. by the same title. Josh has placed cuts with [...]
Off-season band member changes have become commonplace in bluegrass music. The Becky Buller Band has taken this to a new extreme by replacing all of Volume Five. Becky said, "I was tired of leading my own band and I've always enjoyed the music of Volume Five, so I just thought I'd join them." Bluegrass Today [...]
Since the passing of Jimmy Martin in 2005, bluegrass music has officially been without a King. Jimmy may have declared himself King, and the title accepted without dissent, but lacking an heir in the music for him to pass it to, the title has gone unclaimed all this time. Perhaps royalty has been rendered superfluous [...]
Mountain Fever Records has a new single today from Volume Five, one written and sung by fiddler Glen Harrell. What I Didn't Say is a poignant and highly affecting song he put together about perhaps the worst thing any of us can imagine, losing both our parents separately over the course of a few months. [...]
Mountain Fever Records has a new single tomorrow for Volume Five, continuing with the band's penchant for cutting well-written songs on topics we don't often hear in bluegrass. This one, When Karma Comes Calling, was recorded in January of this year, the last session banjo player Patton Wages completed prior to his debilitating stroke. Singing [...]
Tomorrow, June 26, is the day. Bluegrass artists and fans will get together in Hiawassee, GA at Pickin' For Patton to enjoy music and raise money for the continuing rehabilitation costs of Patton Wages. The beloved music teacher and Volume Five banjo picker suffered a debilitating stroke back in February. Given his relative youth, and the [...]
Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five and instructor at Acoustic Cellar Guitars in Clarksville, GA, suffered a stroke on Monday night (February 22). He was taken to the hospital in Greenville, SC and was listed in critical condition overnight. He is undergoing surgery this morning following several brain scans, and the early reports are [...]
Volume Five has solidified its 2020 lineup, bringing Kameron Keller in on bass to complete this season's lineup. The east Tennessee native has been a fixture in the bluegrass scene for at least a decade, having worked lengthy stints with Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Grasstowne, Highland Travelers, and the Darrell Webb Band. He has [...]
Volume Five has announced a personnel change as they enter 2020. Aaron Ramsey has joined the group playing mandolin. Aaron has become a highly influential player in the bluegrass world of late. In his dozen years with Mountain Heart, he established himself as a prominent multi-instrumentalist, and a mandolinist of the highest order. But he [...]
Jacob Eller has been announced as the new bass player with consistent bluegrass chart toppers Volume Five. Bluegrass fans know Jacob from his time on bass with Galax, VA group No Speed Limit, and with both Sierra Hull and The Church Sisters. He says that he is eager to be working with his new group, [...] 
Volume Five also has a new single today from Mountain Fever Records, another from their next album with the label. This time it's a new song from the pen of Josh Miller called Losing My Religion, not to be confused with the smash hit for R.E.M. by the same title. Josh has placed cuts with [...] 
Off-season band member changes have become commonplace in bluegrass music. The Becky Buller Band has taken this to a new extreme by replacing all of Volume Five. Becky said, "I was tired of leading my own band and I've always enjoyed the music of Volume Five, so I just thought I'd join them." Bluegrass Today [...] 
Since the passing of Jimmy Martin in 2005, bluegrass music has officially been without a King. Jimmy may have declared himself King, and the title accepted without dissent, but lacking an heir in the music for him to pass it to, the title has gone unclaimed all this time. Perhaps royalty has been rendered superfluous [...] 
Mountain Fever Records has a new single tomorrow for Volume Five, continuing with the band's penchant for cutting well-written songs on topics we don't often hear in bluegrass. This one, When Karma Comes Calling, was recorded in January of this year, the last session banjo player Patton Wages completed prior to his debilitating stroke. Singing [...] 
Tomorrow, June 26, is the day. Bluegrass artists and fans will get together in Hiawassee, GA at Pickin' For Patton to enjoy music and raise money for the continuing rehabilitation costs of Patton Wages. The beloved music teacher and Volume Five banjo picker suffered a debilitating stroke back in February. Given his relative youth, and the [...] 
Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five and instructor at Acoustic Cellar Guitars in Clarksville, GA, suffered a stroke on Monday night (February 22). He was taken to the hospital in Greenville, SC and was listed in critical condition overnight. He is undergoing surgery this morning following several brain scans, and the early reports are [...] 
Volume Five has solidified its 2020 lineup, bringing Kameron Keller in on bass to complete this season's lineup. The east Tennessee native has been a fixture in the bluegrass scene for at least a decade, having worked lengthy stints with Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Grasstowne, Highland Travelers, and the Darrell Webb Band. He has [...] 
Volume Five has announced a personnel change as they enter 2020. Aaron Ramsey has joined the group playing mandolin. Aaron has become a highly influential player in the bluegrass world of late. In his dozen years with Mountain Heart, he established himself as a prominent multi-instrumentalist, and a mandolinist of the highest order. But he [...] 