• Ricky Skaggs Christmas tour rides again

    One of the most enduringly successful holiday tours in acoustic music is surely Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Christmas. Popular over many years, like his Ricky Skaggs Family Christmas shows, the band brings a fresh bluegrass feel to a slate

  • Pretty Paper from Rock Hearts

    Rock Hearts has jumped in to the Christmas bluegrass single mix at the last minute with a song from their current album. It's Willie Nelson's Pretty Paper, a heartbreak number that was a hit for Roy Orbison in 1963. The boys

  • Authentic Unlimited Christmas concert

    This past Saturday, Authentic Unlimited hosted their first of soon to be many annual Christmas shows at the Field of Dreams Activity Center in Dandridge, TN.  Before the show, Jerry Cole's longtime friend, John Williams, led off with a reading of

  • Silent Night from Jim Hurst

    Veteran guitarist, vocalist, and solo artist Jim Hurst has released a music video as his 2024 offering for the Christmas season. It's a lovely treatment of the classic hymn, Silent Night, which he recorded with his Gallagher Jim Hurst Signature Series

  • Christmas Cheer from Full Cord

    Michigan's Full Cord made a trip to Nashville to cut a Christmas single for their label, Dark Shadow Recording, a new song co-written by the band's mandolinist, which he also sings. Christmas Cheer, from Brian Oberlin and Joe New, is a