Marion, VA — Legendary bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys launch the 2010 season for the award winning Song of the Mountains concert series at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia on Friday, January 15th at 7:00 pm. This concert will be taped and offered for national broadcast on Public Television…

Three new videos of recent Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper performances have been posted to YouTube for fans to enjoy. The first video was taken during a special performance at the International Bluegrass Music Museum on April 3rd. The band performed “Big Mon” in this video to a packed house in the museum’s theater. The next 2 videos were shot the same day at the Bluegrass Returns To Its Roots festival in Owensboro, KY. One features a great vocal by Flamekeeper bassist, Marshall Wilborn singing “I’ve got The Railroad Blues”….

Kingpin bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland and his band Flamekeeper, will perform at “Bluegrass Returns To It’s Roots” in Owensboro, Ky., on Friday (April 3).

The band will also perform a special free concert in support of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro.

The group will perform two shows — at 4:40 and 7:30 p.m. — for “Bluegrass Returns To It’s Roots, ” at River Park Center in Owensboro….

Nashville, Tenn. — Darrell Webb made his debut with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper on Dec. 26, 2008 at the groups Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium appearance. Included here is video of the Cleveland & Flamekeeper warming up in their dressing room backstage at the Ryman on the song “Goodbye Ole Pal.”

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The rumors have been floating around for weeks, perhaps months. And half of the rumor became reality last week, when fiddle wiz Michael Cleveland announced that Rhonda Vincent’s guitar player, Darrell Webb, would be joining his band at the end of December.

Now, the other half of the rumor has been confirmed, by Rhonda Vincent herself, announcing Monday that veteran banjo player Kenny Ingram has departed her band, The Rage.