Kneelindesign
Kneelindesign • Anthony Ladd began his company, Kneelindesign, over 10 years ago as a side job while working for another company doing CAD/Design work. During that time he has created artwork for a variety of industries including vitamin, archery, insurance and music. Having realized great enjoyment in doing such work, he made the decision to continue pursuing... Read More
Calico Moon
Calico Moon • You never know when love will come around. Mark and Aimee Bumgarner, the husband-and-wife team who make up Calico Moon, embody this truth both in their personal story and in their music. Together, their sound is a seamless blend of cosmic country music and pure mountain soul, sharpened by an eclectic edge that places them squarely in the thriving Americana tradition.... Read More
Pharis & Jason Romero
Pharis & Jason Romero • Coming from a thousand miles and a border apart, Pharis and Jason Romero met in 2007 at an old-time fiddle jam. Both had been playing music for decades – Pharis her whole life – and both were drawn to early country, old time, blues, bluegrass, and fiddle-banjo music. In 2010 they moved their home and the J. Romero Banjo Company north to Pharis’... Read More
Shovels & Rope
Shovels & Rope • Necessity is the mother of invention. Less is more. Make it work with what you’ve got. 2 Guitars, a junkyard drum kit (harvested from an actual garbage heap – adorned with tambourines, flowers and kitchen rags), a handful of harmonicas, voices, and above all… songs. Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent prefer to keep it simple. They have... Read More
Chelsea Williams
Chelsea Williams • "Chelsea Williams is a street performer, but unlike the typical image one conjures up when hearing that tag, she has done something unheard of: in just two years Chelsea has sold over 50,000 CDs on her own – a number that eclipses many other artists signed to a record deal." "Among those who have taken note of her talents,... Read More
Life In The Carolinas • Balsam Range
Life In The Carolinas • The Carolinas offer some of the most beautiful places on earth and each Life in the Carolinas episode features a unique Carolinas destination. Viewers see the behind the scenes story of some of our most treasured places and people. Carl White was pleased to feature the outstanding Bluegrass band Balsam Range for an entire episode in June 2011. ... Read More
Roots of American Music • The Blue Ridge Music Center
"The Blue Ridge Music Center celebrates the music and musicians of the Blue Ridge. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1985, the site includes an outdoor amphitheater and indoor interpretive center used to highlight an important strand of American musical culture, which is still alive and thriving in the region." • Become a fan of The Blue Ridge Music Center on FaceBook... Read More
Uncle Earl • "The Last Goodbye"
Uncle Earl • www.facebook.com/uncleearlband • By skillfully complementing their deep roots in traditional American music with new ideas, songs, and arrangements, the “all g’Earl” stringband Uncle Earl has emerged as one of the leading lights in the ongoing old-time renaissance. Now entering the band’s tenth year, longtime Uncle Earl members KC Groves and Kristin... Read More
Donna Ulisse • In The Studio
"We have been listening to Donna Ulisse’s "An Easy Climb" and wonder how many others have realized, as we have recently, that what we are witnessing here is the emergence of one of the most significant Bluegrass Artists of the decade. Take a look, have a listen, you will be floored. This is down-home majesty in the making" ~ The Bluegrass Legacy ... Read More
The Bankesters
The New CD "The Bankesters" is now available online at www.bankesters.com/recordings.cfm and features Jamie Johnson of The Grascals “I’ve known the Bankester Family for 3 years now and it’s such a blessing to watch the girls grow – but even more of a treat to watch the music develop and come together like a fine piece of art.... Read More
