Niall Toner New Single

Niall Toner

Award-winning Irish songwriter and bluegrass artist, Niall Toner, has announced that his new single, Tomorrow, is now available to radio stations on Airplay Direct.  The song is from his upcoming album, Onwards and Upwards, set for release on Pinecastle Records in the fall of 2012 in conjunction with The Niall Toner Band’s U.S. tour. “I [...]

2012 Award For Davidson Brothers

Davidson Brothers 2012 CMAA Awards

The Davidson Brothers won the 2012 Australian Country Music Award for ‘Instrumental of the Year‘ on Saturday 28th of January at a ceremony held during the Tamworth Country Music Festival in NSW, Australia. The highly regarded national award ceremony is better known as the ‘Golden Guitar’ awards This is the highest accolade presented to an [...]

Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press

Bobby Osborne - Memories

What a fitting tribute to Bobby Osborne’s 60th anniversary as a professional entertainer. In 1949, an 18-yr-old mandolinist from Hyden, Kentucky named Bobby Osborne started his pro musical career with banjo player Larry Richardson, Charlie and Ray Cline in a group called The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers. By 1953, Bobby and his banjo-playing brother, Sonny, were [...]

Chronology From LRB

Lonesome River Band

Rural Rhythm Records just released  Lonesome River Band’s new single Close the Door Lightly When You Go from their upcoming album, Chronology, Volume One.  The album is set for release 28th February, 2012 and celebrates Lonesome River Band’s 30th Anniversary. This retrospective collection includes  24 songs to be released in a series of three 8-song [...]

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out at Number 1

IIIrd Tyme Out

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out continue to top the bluegrass radio charts with their hit new album Prime Tyme on Rural Rhythm Records.  The album is #1 on the February 2012 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s (BU) Top 15 Album chart along with their single, “If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again” also reaching [...]

Dailey and Vincent Riding High

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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and Grammy-nominated Rounder Records recording group Dailey & Vincent are celebrating their second week at #1 on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Album chart for their CD, The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent.  The album also reached #7 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian chart and #119 on the Top 200 chart. [...]

The Perch Creek Family Jug Band

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Here’s some news from the Tweed Shire Echo on the Perch Creek Family Jug Band: The Perch Creek Family Jug Band learned to use their voices and multi-instrumental talents to pull a crowd and keep them there. Now they’re (nearly) grown up and have fine tuned their five-part harmonies and unique style for their original [...]

Pinecastle Records Signs Karl Shiflett

Karl Shiflett

Pinecastle Records has announced that it has signed The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show. Their upcoming album Take Me Back will be released in mid 2012. I am excited about our recent signing with one of the most legendary record labels in bluegrass music. As I look forward to our first release I consider [...]

New Single From Lonesome River Band

LRB

Rural Rhythm Records has announced a new single release, Close the Door Lightly When You Go by Lonesome River Band from their upcoming album, Chronology, Volume One set for release on 28th February, 2012. The song was penned by Eric Anderson and includes the a-list talents of Sammy Shelor: (banjo); Randy Jones (lead Vocal, mandolin); [...]

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New Music Video for Cumberland River

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Cumberland River has announced the new music video of their original song Justified from their Rural Rhythm Records album, The Life We Live. The video was filmed on location in the band’s hometown of Harlan, Kentucky by Anthony Ladd of Kneelindesign who also served as Video Producer. The song, Justified, along with five more original songs [...]

Lady Of Tradition Receives A Key

LorraineJordan

Bluegrass’ Lady of Tradition, Lorraine Jordan and banjo player for IIIrd Tyme Out, Steve Dilling, were presented the key to the city of Garner, NC on 31st December, 2011.  Both musicians live in nearby Raleigh, NC. The band leader for Carolina Road, Jordan, performed with her band alongside label mates, Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme [...]

Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen On Tour 2012

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Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen are touring various dates in Australia in March this year. Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen have had a lasting musical friendship spanning over forty- five years, since their first meeting in Los Angeles during the early folk and bluegrass movement. In the summer of 1964, Hillman put down his mandolin [...]

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