Longtime bluegrass bass player and singer, Edgar Loudermilk, will release a brand new album on Mountain Fever Records in July and the single from the album, “Shady Green,” hits radio stations today.
With music and playing in his veins, it comes to reason that Loudermilk would also be an impressive songwriter having written all twelve songs on his first album titled Roads Travelled and all 15 songs on the upcoming July release.
Ireland’s bluegrass troubadour Niall Toner has written his first book and is getting set for the launching to be held at the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas on June 8th.
The Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas brings together some of the most intriguing international minds – novelists, journalists, film-makers, poets, theatre directors, war correspondents, biographers, artists and political commentators – for a weekend of stimulating dialogue and discussion.
Bluegrass Band Truman’s Ridge has announced they will be among five finalists for the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards Bluegrass Song of the Year.
The Independent Music Awards celebrates artists who follow their own muse – with over 330 Nominees, there’s plenty to please the most discerning music fans and is the only international program that connects artists to new revenue opportunities & an audience of more than 1 billion music fans.
APA Talent and Literary Agency Nashville has signed Bluegrass superstar duo Dailey & Vincent to their roster, it was announced today by APA's Cass Scripps.
The duo, celebrating its five-year anniversary, has earned two Grammy nominations, three consecutive IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards for "Entertainer of the Year" and three awards for "Vocal Group of the Year," respectively, and over 40 other awards and honors.
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Kim Robins project, “40 Years Late”, is a breath of fresh air. It appears that Kim has spent her time not only honing her craft, but also finding her voice and knowing exactly who she is as a singer.
You will not hear someone trying to imitate other female singers, or singing in the rafters, on this recording. Instead, you will hear a woman with a mid-range, bluesy, voice that puts you in the mood for some good traditional bluegrass and classic country.
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WHEN WE FALL To Be Released May 28
Over the past decade, Rebecca Frazier has led one of Colorado’s hottest bluegrass ensembles, Hit & Run Bluegrass.
They’ve become known as one of the tightest groups performing, taking them all the way to the coveted winner’s circle. Hit & Run is the only band to take first place at Telluride, Rockygrass, and SPBGMA Festival Band Championships.
In celebration of the very first World Fiddle Day, (Today, May 18, 2013) we put together some of our favorite fiddle “fotos” from around the web to share.
Pinecastle Records has just uploaded the much talked about and eagerly anticipated song video “Old McDonald Sold The Farm” from Mark Newton and Steve Thomas.
The song from the new duet’s first CD, REBORN has been getting mega-airplay and rave reviews. WATCH IT HERE
“Let your dreams pave the pathway you walk along in life
Let your prayers pull you back from the wrong to the right
Let your heart be the best friend you'll ever want to meet
And most of all let your self become the person you want to beAnd Go On, Go On
If you ever fall week
I pray you will be strong
Go On.”
Those are the opening words to Mike Andes’ song “Go On,” a song that is very special to Mike and he is now dedicating those words and the song to all 2013 Graduates.
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announces the first four catalog titles to be released digitally in response to the enthusiasm of music fans voting online at Legacy’s website
The four LP titles now available for purchase as digital downloads mark the first of a monthly series of albums to be released digitally according to crowd sourced fan feedback.
Just in time for World Fiddle Day (May 18th, 2013), bluegrass fiddlers have more reason to rejoice. Rural Rhythm has just released, “Curly Fox – Champion Fiddler Volume One” as one of a pair of digital downloads.
The other rare Rural Rhythm tracks from the archive available beginning this month belong to Red Smiley and the Bluegrass Cutups.
There is a lot of excitement being generated in the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys’ Camp over the last couple of years.
But today’s announcement that the boys have been signed by the most prestigious talent and booking agency in the business can’t be contained to just their camp alone. Their entire Fan-Base and the whole bluegrass community has to be bouncing around like pinballs.
Nashville, TN (May 15, 2013) — Further information about the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass 2013 event, which takes place September 24-28 in Raleigh, North Carolina, was revealed today at a noontime press conference at the Red Hat Amphitheater.
Additional details about all aspects of the yearly bluegrass industry event, held for the first time in Raleigh, include:
an announcement of the star-studded line-up and PNC as the new presenting sponsor for IBMA’s Wide Open Bluegrass festival, 
Jim Nunally and Nell Robinson have a free music download for anyone who signs up for their newsletter. It’s worth the sign up just for the chuckles you get when you finally get to listen to the song.
“Turn Your Radio On,” the long-time gospel favorite written by Albert E. Brumley has been parodied to fit today’s new listening style and equipment. We won’t tell you anymore. You’ll have to follow the simple steps to get their newsletter and your surprise.
Here’s the link to sign up and get your free download and chuckles. CLICK HERE
Carolina Road bandleader and Daughters of Bluegrass co-founder, Lorraine Jordan, has released a new song, "Nothin About Trains", with the 2012 SPBGMA Traditional Female Vocalist of the Year, Jeanette Williams.
The tune is featured on Pickin' Like a Girl, the latest Daughters of Bluegrass box set from Blue Circle Records.Written by Dixie Hall, the "Nothin' About Trains" compares one's love affair to the experience of riding a train.
Bluegrass history will be made beginning early next month when Kentucky Educational Television and The International Bluegrass Music Association broadcast the 2012 Fan Fest.
A major event in the world of bluegrass music, this is the first time IBMA’s Fan Fest, which yearly features top bluegrass artists, has ever been recorded. The season premieres Tuesday, June 4 at 8/7 p.m. on KET and Saturday, June 8 at 11/10 p.m. on KET2.
Eden North Carolina is continuing to keep the legacy of Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers alive with the 18th annual Charlie Poole Music Festival.
This year, John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, will receive the 2013 Charlie Poole Lifetime Achievement Award and will be performing Friday, June 14th – the first day of the Charlie Poole Music Festival
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Rebecca Frazier’s new CD “When We Fall” features twelve tracks, of which ten are original compositions including three instrumentals.
The project is superbly supported throughout by a strong producer and by a stellar cast of musicians that largely need little introduction, including Ron Block and Scott Vestal on banjo, Barry Bales on bass, Shad Cobb on fiddle, Andy Hall on resonator guitar and husband John Frazier on mandolin. Rebecca plays guitar on all cuts.
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[Editor’s Note: This album is expected to be available at retail on May 28th.]
Every year for the last five, WAMU’s Bluegrass Country Radio Show has broadcast numerous hours and countless bands live from the the annual bluegrass convention and trade show.
This year will be no different and the program is accepting submissions from musicians who would like to perform during the live broadcasts. The IBMA World of Bluegrass convention will be in Raleigh, NC from September 24-27.
In the past, the gathering has supported as many as 40 students through grants and donations.
Thanks to generous donations this year, the program will continue and 20 students will study autoharp, Americana, Singing and other folk instruments.
West Virginia Music Hall of Fame inductees for 2013 include some internationally known artists.
Grammy winner, and two-time IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year (1993 and 2006) Tim O’Brien heads the list. First Generation Bluegrass Pioneers Melvin and the late Ray Goins, each members of the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, are also slated for the West Virginia ceremony to be held in November.
Surrounded by the Red Rocks of Sedona Arizona, long the choice filming location for Western movie producers, bluegrass fans will once again sit along side the spectacular banks of Oak Creek, however this year they’ll enjoy it twice as much.
Now in its seventh year, “the Sedona Bluegrass Festival just got bigger and better, “ said Festival director Bert Harclerode. “We’re now a two-day event with multiple activities in advance of and including the June 8 and 9 festival concerts presented Creekside at Los Abrigados Resort in Sedona.
The Expedition Show is in the forefront TODAY with the release of their new Mountain Fever Records album Stormy Horizons.
Band member and banjo player, Blake Williams says, “We've always put great thought into providing a true listening experience with each project we've released through song selection and arrangements. Wayne, Alex and I all contributed original songs to this project but we've also reached back and recorded songs by Hank Williams, Sr. and Earl Scruggs. And the title cut was a song we'd heard Jim & Jesse do for years that was co-written by Ira Louvin.”
