Lyons, Colo.—The third annual Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival will be held June 1st through 3rd at Parrish Ranch in Berthoud, Colorado. The festival will showcase national, regional and local performers, square dances, jamming, music and dance workshops and kids' performances/activities, with camping all weekend. The festival is sponsored by the Central Rockies Old-Time Music Association (CROMA).
Nashville, TN -- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Mark D. Sanders will take a seat at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum on Saturday, May 26, as the latest subject of the quarterly programming series Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters. The 1:30 p.m. in-depth interview and performance, held in the museum's Ford Theater, is included with museum admission and free to museum members. The program will be streamed live at www.CountryMusicHallOfFame.org.
Among the latest accolades received by the two-time Grammy nominees were Country Song of the Year and Musician of the Year. Their song "Hear My Heart" yielded their latest award from the CD Expecting Good Things.
Dalton, Georgia -- Bluegrass Bands, Helping Hands will present "an evening with John Cowan" on Saturday June 9th 2012 in the Historic Dalton Freight Depot located at 305 S. Depot Street, Dalton, Georgia 30720. One of the true musical innovators, John Cowan rose to fame when he became the lead singer for New Grass Revival and introduced a new generation of music fans to an explosive, experimental brand of Bluegrass Music -- "Newgrass".img src=
Bluegrass music super-star Rhonda Vincent & The Rage made their 10th appearance at the National Cornbread Festival on Sunday, April 29, 2012. This marks their 11th year with Martha White as a sponsor, and to tour in the tradition of Flatt & Scruggs in the Martha White Bluegrass Express.
Saturday, May 19th, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert of bluegrass music by Travers Chandler and Avery County. Admission to the concert is $7 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age six free. Avery County came together in 2009 to preserve the legacies of bluegrass music's lost heroes while bringing their sound to new audiences. Members have garnered much acclaim and IBMA accolades after stints with the James King Band, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, the Country Gentlemen, Spring Creek, Dave Evans, Karl Shiflett and Big Country, and numerous others prior to forming Avery County. Celebrating the influences of the past, the group is also busily creating new music. Travers Chandler heads up the group with lead vocals playing mandolin and guitar. Backing him will be John Bryan on guitar and vocals, Tom Issacs on banjo and vocals, Merl Johnson on fiddle and vocals, and Eddie Lovelace on bass.
Nashville, TN -- Double E Promotions celebrates having twenty two artists make their mark on six national gospel radio charts for May of 2012 with Marty Raybon's new single "Working On A Building" reaching the #1 spot on the National Christian Voice Country Gospel Top 100. Raybon's single, "Working on a Building," is a collaboration by the Grammy winner and Country Stars, Trace Adkins, T. Graham Brown and former Statler Brother, Jimmy Fortune.
Award winning bluegrass music group Lonesome River Band is asking for your help! Since you all have been so supportive of LRB, we are asking the fans to decide on which songs appear our Chronology, Volume Three album releasing this Fall on Rural Rhythm Records. As many fans already know, Chronology, Volume One is now available and, Volume Two releases July 3, 2012.
Nashville, TN -- IBMA's new Songwriter of the Year Award will annually recognize a songwriter for his or her outstanding contributions to bluegrass music as a songwriter, during the period of eligibility for IBMA Awards. For 2012 Awards, the time frame is April 1, 2011 – March 30, 2012. The award will be presented at World of Bluegrass with other industry awards at the Special Awards Luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012.
Denton, NC -- One of America's favorite and talented bluegrass music festivals is just around the corner. It is time for the 32nd Annual Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival which will be held from 12Noon - 11pm at the Denton Farm Park, 1072 Cranford Road, Denton, NC May 10 through 12, 2012. The 2012 festival will, as usual, feature some of the hottest bluegrass artists performing today.
Kure Beach, NC -- Bluegrass is Back on Pleasure Island. The Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce presents the 1st Annual Bluegrass By The River on May 12th at the Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area. After being away for a few years, the folks at the Chamber decided it was time to bring this Family-friendly event back to its home -- Pleasure Island.
Country Music Hall of Famer, Don Williams will be releasing his first album since 2004 this year. The album, entitled And So It Goes, is due to come out on June 19th with a duet featuring Alison called "I Just Come Here for the Music".
Haw River, NC - May 3, 2012 - Yep Roc Records is pleased to announce the June 26th, 2012 release of Sight & Sound, a two-disc audio and video collection from North Carolina based Chatham County Line. Sight & Sound includes 20 live tracks drawing from all five albums of the band's decade-long career. Nine songs appear on both the audio CD/LP and the DVD; four are exclusive to the DVD, while the CD/LP expands the collection with seven more tracks.
Nashville, TN – May 3, 2012 -- Vince Gill will take to the road for a dozen bluegrass shows in June. The 20-time Grammy-winner and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame will be backed by a band made up of some of the most acclaimed pickers in contemporary music, specifically fiddler Stuart Duncan, guitarist Jeff White, banjoist Jim Mills and bassist Dennis Crouch. Gill will round out the band on guitar, mandolin and vocals.
Hiltons, VA -- Being the son of a living legend isn't easy. Despite the opportunities and public attention, there's tremendous pressure to fill your father's shoes. Your success or your failure in doing so is a matter of public record. Most artists get the opportunity to grow in relative anonymity. Ralph II didn't have that luxury. When your father is Ralph Stanley, your course is pretty much mapped out at birth. Saturday, May 12th, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert by Ralph Stanley II. Admission to the concert is $10 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age 6 free.
Lyons, Colo.—The third annual Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival will be held June 1st through 3rd at Parrish Ranch in Berthoud, Colorado. The festival will showcase national, regional and local performers, square dances, jamming, music and dance workshops and kids' performances/activities, with camping all weekend. The festival is sponsored by the Central Rockies Old-Time Music Association (CROMA).
Nashville, TN -- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Mark D. Sanders will take a seat at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum on Saturday, May 26, as the latest subject of the quarterly programming series Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters. The 1:30 p.m. in-depth interview and performance, held in the museum's Ford Theater, is included with museum admission and free to museum members. The program will be streamed live at 
Among the latest accolades received by the two-time Grammy nominees were Country Song of the Year and Musician of the Year. Their song "Hear My Heart" yielded their latest award from the CD Expecting Good Things.
Dalton, Georgia -- Bluegrass Bands, Helping Hands will present "an evening with John Cowan" on Saturday June 9th 2012 in the Historic Dalton Freight Depot located at 305 S. Depot Street, Dalton, Georgia 30720. One of the true musical innovators, John Cowan rose to fame when he became the lead singer for New Grass Revival and introduced a new generation of music fans to an explosive, experimental brand of Bluegrass Music -- "Newgrass".img src=
Bluegrass music super-star Rhonda Vincent & The Rage made their 10th appearance at the National Cornbread Festival on Sunday, April 29, 2012. This marks their 11th year with Martha White as a sponsor, and to tour in the tradition of Flatt & Scruggs in the Martha White Bluegrass Express.
Saturday, May 19th, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert of bluegrass music by Travers Chandler and Avery County. Admission to the concert is $7 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age six free. Avery County came together in 2009 to preserve the legacies of bluegrass music's lost heroes while bringing their sound to new audiences. Members have garnered much acclaim and IBMA accolades after stints with the James King Band, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass, the Country Gentlemen, Spring Creek, Dave Evans, Karl Shiflett and Big Country, and numerous others prior to forming Avery County. Celebrating the influences of the past, the group is also busily creating new music. Travers Chandler heads up the group with lead vocals playing mandolin and guitar. Backing him will be John Bryan on guitar and vocals, Tom Issacs on banjo and vocals, Merl Johnson on fiddle and vocals, and Eddie Lovelace on bass.
Nashville, TN -- Double E Promotions celebrates having twenty two artists make their mark on six national gospel radio charts for May of 2012 with Marty Raybon's new single "Working On A Building" reaching the #1 spot on the National Christian Voice Country Gospel Top 100. Raybon's single, "Working on a Building," is a collaboration by the Grammy winner and Country Stars, Trace Adkins, T. Graham Brown and former Statler Brother, Jimmy Fortune.
Award winning bluegrass music group Lonesome River Band is asking for your help! Since you all have been so supportive of LRB, we are asking the fans to decide on which songs appear our Chronology, Volume Three album releasing this Fall on Rural Rhythm Records. As many fans already know, Chronology, Volume One is now available and, Volume Two releases July 3, 2012.
Nashville, TN -- IBMA's new Songwriter of the Year Award will annually recognize a songwriter for his or her outstanding contributions to bluegrass music as a songwriter, during the period of eligibility for IBMA Awards. For 2012 Awards, the time frame is April 1, 2011 – March 30, 2012. The award will be presented at World of Bluegrass with other industry awards at the Special Awards Luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012.
Denton, NC -- One of America's favorite and talented bluegrass music festivals is just around the corner. It is time for the 32nd Annual Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival which will be held from 12Noon - 11pm at the Denton Farm Park, 1072 Cranford Road, Denton, NC May 10 through 12, 2012. The 2012 festival will, as usual, feature some of the hottest bluegrass artists performing today.
Kure Beach, NC -- Bluegrass is Back on Pleasure Island. The Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce presents the 1st Annual Bluegrass By The River on May 12th at the Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area. After being away for a few years, the folks at the Chamber decided it was time to bring this Family-friendly event back to its home -- Pleasure Island.
Country Music Hall of Famer, Don Williams will be releasing his first album since 2004 this year. The album, entitled And So It Goes, is due to come out on June 19th with a duet featuring Alison called "I Just Come Here for the Music".
Haw River, NC - May 3, 2012 - Yep Roc Records is pleased to announce the June 26th, 2012 release of Sight & Sound, a two-disc audio and video collection from North Carolina based Chatham County Line. Sight & Sound includes 20 live tracks drawing from all five albums of the band's decade-long career. Nine songs appear on both the audio CD/LP and the DVD; four are exclusive to the DVD, while the CD/LP expands the collection with seven more tracks.
Nashville, TN – May 3, 2012 -- Vince Gill will take to the road for a dozen bluegrass shows in June. The 20-time Grammy-winner and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame will be backed by a band made up of some of the most acclaimed pickers in contemporary music, specifically fiddler Stuart Duncan, guitarist Jeff White, banjoist Jim Mills and bassist Dennis Crouch. Gill will round out the band on guitar, mandolin and vocals.
Hiltons, VA -- Being the son of a living legend isn't easy. Despite the opportunities and public attention, there's tremendous pressure to fill your father's shoes. Your success or your failure in doing so is a matter of public record. Most artists get the opportunity to grow in relative anonymity. Ralph II didn't have that luxury. When your father is Ralph Stanley, your course is pretty much mapped out at birth. Saturday, May 12th, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert by Ralph Stanley II. Admission to the concert is $10 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age 6 free.