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The Arhoolie Foundation was established in 1995 to document, preserve, present and disseminate authentic traditional and regional vernacular music to educate and enlighten the public and also support and reinforce traditional community values. The Arhoolie Foundation was classified by the IRS as a public charitable and educational non-profit organization with a 501(c)(3) status, which means [...]
Ever wanted to preview several albums from the one visit? Here’s a great initiative from Rounder Records providing sample tracks from a variety of their artists on the Rounder Label. Just select the album you’d like to sample and have a listen. Artists include: Aligail Washburn, Alison Krauss, Gregg Allman, Michael Cleveland, Newfound Road, Sierra [...]
Rounder recording artists earned awards from the Americana Music Association (AMA) at last Thursday’s 10th Annual awards show held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Robert Plant & The Band of Joy’s album Band of Joy won Album of the Year – an honor he also received in 2008 for his Rounder album Raising [...]
Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers Win Entertainer of the Year Award. Rounder Records is celebrating the achievements of their recording artists who garnered multiple awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) at last Thursday’s 22nd Annual awards show held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon [...]
Pinecastle has announced that these long out of print, these classic Webco recordings are now available for download at your favorite online retailer including Amazon MP3 and iTunes. Pinecastle Records purchased Webco Records of Virginia in 1993 which marked the beginning of fruitful relationships with artists like Larry Stephenson and The Reno Brothers. These ten [...]
Rural Rhythm Records has signed up Cumberland River and will soon release details of their upcoming album. The group includes the instrumental, songwriting and vocal talents of James Dean, Joseph Jones, Dunstan Middleton, Jamie Stewart and Andy Buckner. the group has been in the studio with producer, Steve Gully recording their new album. …they are [...]
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Grasstowne is celebrating the success of their first single, Kickin’ Up Dust the title track from their album. The song currently appears at #3 on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction’s Most Played Tracks that was also named one of the Best Song of the Year by Terry Herd’s program on the Bluegrass Radio Network called Into the [...]
Award-Winning Musicians Come Together to Honor the Father of Bluegrass People from all over the world will be honoring Bill Monroe this year by celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. Rural Rhythm Records has announced the first of their numerous project releases honoring The Father of Bluegrass music. On Tuesday, 25th January 2011, the [...]
Heartache Looking For a Home Rounder Records has announced the 15th February release of Charlie Sizemore‚Äôs CD, Heartache Looking for a Home. It is the follow-up to his 2007 Rounder debut, Good News. A native of eastern Kentucky, Sizemore was hired at age 17 to take over for the departing Keith Whitley in Ralph Stanley’s [...]
New Release Date For Bold New Album City Of Refuge City of Refuge released on 11th January on Rounder Records is the third album by acclaimed singer and clawhammer banjo player Abigail Washburn, is streaming in its entirety on NPR Music and featured alongside her Tiny Desk Concert. Hailed by Newsweek for creating a gorgeous, [...]
At the beginning of this year we brought news of the closure of Pinecastle Records from the USA. Pinecastle Records had been involved in delivering bluegrass music to the masses for the last 20 years. Tom Riggs of Orlando, Florida started the label in 1989 as a favor to a friend who was looking for [...]
News from ABC Music Following the success of her first single, ABC Music has just released the second single from Karen’s latest album, Wishing Well, to Australian country music radio through ABC Heartland/Universal music. The track, Sweetheart Darling of Mine is a great Bluegrass & Acoustic song which showcases Karen’s strong vocal ability and is [...]
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