Jim Van Cleve – Mountain Heart
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two blogs written exclusively for BluegrassJournal.com by members of Mountain Heart, which is gearing up for an appearance at the BamaJam Music Festival that takes place June 5-7 in Enterprise, AL. The author here is reknown fiddler and Mountain [...]

Dailey & Vincent have topped the Sirius Bluegrass Countdown Chart again with “More Than a Name on a Wall,” a song the Statler Brothers had a hit on in 1989.
Correction:  We mistakenly reported the wrong date on Dailey& Vincent  being guest DJ’s on SIRIUS Bluegrass 65. The Correct Date is Friday,  June 6 at [...]

Common Strings recently signed a record deal with Lou Bell Records.
Blairsville,GA — Acoustic group Common Strings has signed a recording contract with Lou Bell Records of Knoxville Tennessee. The group consisting of Darron and Vanessa Nichols, Blake McDaniel and Ethan Walker are very excited about the new record deal.
Lou Bell Records and [...]

Dan Tyminski Band on CMT’s Unplugged at Studio 330
The Dan Tyminski Band recently taped an episode for CMT’s Unplugged at Studio 330. Along with some interview segments the show features the Dan Tyminski Band playing songs from their soon to be released (June, 17) album “Wheels” on the Rounder Label. The show airs on CMT [...]

The Telluride Thunderjam. Photo by Benko Photographics.
The 35th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival — a “can’t-miss” event for many — runs June 19-22, this year in the historic mountain village of Telluride, Colo.
The 2008 lineup includes unique collaborations (Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder; Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season; and [...]