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Yancy Wins First-Ever GMA Dove Award

Christian artist, songwriter, musician, and children's/kids content creator Yancy has won the 2021 Gospel Music Association Dove Award for Children's Album of the Year for her July 2020 EP, Ready Set Go (Yancy & Little Praise Party). The…
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Mountain Home Music Company Mourns the Loss of Phil Leadbetter

Mountain Home Music Company and Crossroads Label Group collectively mourns the loss of bluegrass mainstay, Phil Leadbetter. Leadbetter most recently worked with Mountain Home for the release of his compilation album Masters of Slide: The…

Darren Nicholson Announces Upcoming EP, 'Man on a Mission'

Mountain Home Music Company’s Darren Nicholson is a man on a mission—and if you think, based on his membership in award-winning bluegrass quintet Balsam Range, that you know what it is, his new EP is going to come as a mighty big surprise. The…

Disney Favorites Meet Bluegrass on Pinecastle's Upcoming Collaborative Project

Pinecastle Records announces a very special, upcoming project titled, A Bluegrass Tribute to Disney, which will be set for release in the year 2022. To kick off the project, the lead single “The Lord’s Been Good to Me” was recently released,…
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Balsam Range Wins 2021 IBMA Song of the Year with 'Richest Man'

Two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainer of the Year Balsam Range and Mountain Home Music Company and Organic Records' Bluegrass at the Crossroads series took home awards at last night's IBMA Awards at the Duke Energy Center…
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Paisley & Vestal Go Back-to-Back, Bradley Wins Thirteenth at 2021 IBMA Awards

Bradley Wins “Female Vocalist of the Year” and “Gospel Recording of the Year”; Paisley Named “Male Vocalist of the Year”; Scott Vestal Takes Home “Banjo Player of the Year” The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)…

The Primitive Quartet to Begin Releasing Catalogue to Streaming Services

Gospel songs have been an integral part of the bluegrass genre since its very first days, and within a few short years, groups appeared which devoted themselves exclusively to songs of faith delivered in bluegrass settings. In 1973, The Primitive…
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Daryl Mosley’s 'Small Town Dreamer' Album Set For November 5, 2021 Release

Two-time Songwriter of the Year recipient Daryl Mosley is set to release Small Town Dreamer, November 5, 2021 on Pinecastle Records. The collection includes twelve new tracks, all spotlighting the Waverly, Tennessee native’s small town roots…
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Nick Chandler & Delivered Sign With Pinecastle Records, Release First Single

Pinecastle Records announces the addition of critically-acclaimed Bluegrass group Nick Chandler and Delivered to its label roster. To celebrate the newly inked deal, the North Carolina-based band also released their brand new Pinecastle single,…

11th Hour To Release All-New Album—With New Group Member—'Anthem of the Ages,' Oct. 29, 2021

Following the release of chart-topping singles “I Know It’s Mine” and “Whosoever Will May Come,” Southern Gospel trio 11th Hour returns with Anthem of the Ages, a full-length project for Sonlite Records that underlines the power and…
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Jim Hurst Signs with Pinecastle Records, Reissues ‘Second Son’ Album to Radio

Pinecastle Records announces the addition of award-winning artist Jim Hurst to its lineup of world-class artists. The singer-songwriter is currently in the studio finishing up the recording of a new album, but fans can expect plenty of surprises.…
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Zoe & Cloyd Embrace Transformation on 'Rebuild,' Oct. 8, 2021

Though Rebuild, the new collection from Organic Records’ Zoe & Cloyd—Natalya Zoe Weinstein and John Cloyd Miller—is full of songs that relate to the unprecedented upheaval of a world-wide pandemic, the duo and their ace band (Bennett…