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Volume Five opened Thursday at Rudy Fest 2015 to an appreciative crowd. Their set was washed out by rain last year, but sunshine held for this year’s! Wildfire followed providing some memories of time spent with J.D. Crowe. Danny Davis joined Wildfire and son, Chris Davis, for a couple songs. Joe Mullins and the Radio [...]
Here's some more from Bean Blossom 2015... Our friend Betsy White captured some video from the stage over this past weekend, and sent along this clip of Volume Five performing Crazy Night from their current CD, Voices. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="63642"] This song was written by Jeff Partin, former guitarist with Volume Five, and now bassist [...]
Volume Five is one of those acts that consistently turn out headliner-quality music, but have seemed to be stuck in a second tier status. Their original music is clever and compelling, they can pick with the best of them, and their vocals are top tier. What gives? Perhaps their latest CD, Voices, will be the one [...]
Mountain Fever Records has released a first single from Voices, the upcoming project from Volume Five, due to hit in January 2015. The song is Crazy Night, written by former member Jeff Partin, and marks quite a departure from common bluegrass story lines. No cabin song this, it opens with the singer chained to a bed, [...]
Larry Efaw brought his Bluegrass Mountaineers and his “Stanley” brand of mountain music to Buena Vista to open the 2nd day of the Nothin’ Fancy Festival. The crowd enjoyed Bill Yates taking us back in time with the Country Gentlemen Tribute Band. Volume Five, IBMA Emerging Artist nominee, took the stage next. Virginia favorites, The [...]
Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Colby Laney has returned to Volume Five, where he worked while attending ETSU a few years ago. For the past two years he worked with The Larry Stephenson Band, but Laney tells us that when the position opened up again with Volume Five, he felt the pull to return to a [...]
What do you do if you notice that the Saturday roster at your festival features four out of the five recently announced nominees for the IBMA Emerging Artist award for 2014? Mark Gaynier at the Milan Bluegrass Festival did the sensible thing, and arranged for Detour, Flatt Lonesome, The Spinney Brothers, and Volume Five to [...]
Here's another batch of images sent by Bill Warren from Rudy Fest 2014.
Volume Five has been releasing some of the best new modern traditional bluegrass around for the past several years. Their most recent project, 2013’s Run, had several songs appear on the Bluegrass Today charts, including lead single Rich Man’s Daughter, which hit number one. They’ve recently released their fourth album on Mountain Fever Records, an [...]
Saturday afternoon turned sunny and warm for the last day of the Newell Lodge Festival. Frances Mooney and Fontanna Sunset kicked the day off, and were followed by the Amanda and Scott Anderson Band. Amanda is another of the fine young singers emerging in bluegrass. Eddie Rose and Highway Forty came in from North Carolina. [...]
