FROM ROCK-N-ROLL TO BILL MONROE by Tommy Webb
Release Date: Sept 6, 2011
THE BLU-DISC by Nu-Blu
Pinecastle Records
Release Date: Aug 9, 2011
Cumberland River
"The Life We Live"
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: July 26, 2011
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Michael Martin Murphey
"Tall Grass & Cool Water"
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: June 28, 2011
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Audie Blaylock & Redline
"I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky"
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: May 31, 2011
THE ROYS
"Lonesome Whistle"
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: March 22, 2011
GRASSTOWNE
"Kickin' Up Dust"
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Bill Emerson
"Eclipse"
Rural Rhythm Records
Digitial Release: Mar 22, 2011
Physical Release: Apr 5, 2011
Mike Scott
"Take Me Lord and Use Me"
Rural Rhythm Christian
Release Date: Feb 22, 2011
Charlie Sizemore
"Heartache Looking for a Home"
Rounder Records
Release Date: Feb 15, 2011
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
INSTRUMENTAL TRIBUTE TO BILL MONROE
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: Jan 25, 2011
THE ROYS
Single Release: "Coal Minin' Man"
Rural Rhythm Records
Single Release Date: 1/4/2011
JOSH SLONE & COALTOWN
Self-Titled
Rural Rhythm Records
Release Date: Jan 25, 2011
BLAME IT ON THE BLUEGRASS
Valerie Smith
Bell Buckle Records
Release Date: 1/11/11
Single Release:
"Send Yourself Home for Christmas"
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike
Bell Buckle Records
Single Release Date: Nov 2010
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August 2011
 Rodney Dillard to be inducted into the Missour Music Association's new Hall of Fame. Read more here.
Pinecastle Records announces August 9, 2011 album, THE BLU-DISC by Nu-Blu. Read more about it here.
Tommy Webb set to release new album FROM ROCK-N-ROLL TO BILL MONROE on September 6, 2011. The Tommy Webb Band is joined by three members of The Boxcars: Adam Steffy, Harold Nixon, and also Ron Stewart who produced the album. Read more here.
July 2011
Charlie Sizemore has #1 song, "No Lawyers in Heaven" on Bluegrass Music Profiles Top 30 Hot Singles this month. Album is #3 on Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine's Top 15 Albums and the single is #4 on the BU Top 30 Songs chart. Read what critics are saying about this album here.
Rural Rhythm Records releases new music video, "Cold & Withered Heart" by Cumberland River. Read more and watch the video here.
Carrie Hassler and SEBA launch membership drive Friday, July 22, 2011 at Matilda's Under the Pines concert in Alpharetta, GA - read full story here.
BlueHighways TV and Rural Rhythm Records form partnership to promote roots music. Read more.
#1s and Film Debut for Blue Moon Rising and gearing up for FILM DEBUT. Read more.
Michael Martin Murphey receives Carl T. Sprague Award at 9th Annual Texas Music Awards. Read more here.
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike running up the bluegrass charts with BLAME IT ON THE BLUEGRASS. Band is also part of award-winning new documentary COUNTRY ROADS. Read even more news from this band at Cybergrass.
Los Angeles, CA based Rural Rhythm Recording relocating to Nashville, TN area. Read more on the Bluegrass Blog.
Harlan, Kentucky was the location for two music video shoots in July for CUMBERLAND RIVER. Videography by Kneelindesign. Release date and more info coming soon.
JUNE 2011
Josh Slone to receive BEST CLASSIC BLUEGRASS ALBUM OF THE YEAR award by the Roots Music Commission for JOSH SLONE & COALTOWN project. Read more here.
The All-Star Jam - Live at Graves Mountain album hits #10 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart. Read more here.
Pinecastle Records releases first single, "Other Woman's Blues" by Nu-Blu. The song is from the August 8, 2011 album release, THE BLU-DISC. Band offering a free song download at their website. Read more here.
The Roys celebrate new album (LONESOME WHISTLE) at the CMA Music Fest. read more
Grasstowne kicks off sumer with hot new album! Read more about KICKIN UP DUST here.
May 2011
Rural Rhythm Records releases I'M GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY (A BILL MONROE CELEBRATION) by Audie Blaylock & Redline. The album includes the talents of Audie Blaylock along with Redline members: Patrick McAvinue, Reed Jones, and Russ Carson. Special guests on this exciting new album include: Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Bobby Osborne, Glenn Duncan, Carl Jackson, Lou Reid, and Jason Carter. Tracks include favorites, “Mighty Dark to Travel”, “I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky”, My Little Georgia Rose,” and many more! Read more here.
Rural Rhythm Records releases first single, "The Ballad of Jesse James" from Michael Martin Murphey's upcoming June 28, 2011 album release of TALL GRASS & COOL WATER. Read more here.
THE ALL-STAR JAM - LIVE AT GRAVES MOUNTAIN album hits numerous milestones. Read more here.
New single by Audie Blaylock & Redline from his upcoming album, I'M GOING BACK TO OLD KENTUCKY (A Bill Monroe Celebration.) Album includes guests: Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Bobby Osborne and many more! Read more about this highly anticipated new album here.
Carrie Hassler launches new website.
Cumberland River launches new website.
April 2011
The Roys debut at #7 on BILLBOARD's TOP BLUEGRASS ALBUM CHART. Video currently airing on GAC Top 20 Countdown. Read more here.
Cumberland River signs with Rural Rhythm Records. New album, THE LIFE WE LIVE releasing July 26, 2011. Read more here.
New song video of "Head Over Heels" by Carrie Hassler, Brandon Rickman, and Brand New Strings from the album, THE ALL-STAR JAM - LIVE AT GRAVES MOUNTAIN ALBUM. This song would make for a good IBMA Recorded Event of the Year, so please consider when casting your vote! VIEW VIDEO HERE.
March 2011
TV ALERT! Hear CUMBERLAND RIVER perform 5 songs on the FX Network's hit TV drama JUSTIFED - read more here!
CUMBERLAND RIVER signs with Rural Rhythm Records. Read more including comments from their album producer, Steve Gulley here.
LONESOME RIVER BAND celebrating #1 Album as they
welcome new band member. Read here who joined the line-up here.
Upcoming performances by: BRANDON RICKMAN, LARRY CORDLE, KEVIN DENNEY, ANDY GRIGGS, BEN DANIELS, MATT CLINE, ANTHONY ORIO - check out dates here.
"RICK LANG steps aside to get exactly what he wants on his dream album" read the article in Seacoastonline. Rick's current album, LOOK TO THE LIGHT: SONGS OF FAITH FROM THE PEN OF RICK LANG features STEVE GULLEY, DALE ANN BRADLEY and more. This Rural Rhythm Records Album has been nominated for a 2011 DOVE AWARD in the Bluegrass category.
Country music entertainer, MASON DOUGLAS performs for film cast party. In attendance: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and more. Read more here .
Five Songs by CUMBERLAND RIVER BAND included on two upcoming episodes of FX TV Show JUSTIFIED. Read which songs and which episodes here.
Congratulations to LONESOME RIVER BAND and their #1 album, STILL LEARNING on Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine's Top 15 album Chart (March 2011).
Check out the March/April 2011 Bluegrass Music Profiles Magazine (page 10) to read a feature article on VALERIE SMITH & LIBERTY PIKE with BECKY BULLER, and "Bluegrass Favorites" with DARRELL WEBB.
Bluegrass Music Profiles Album Reviews in the March/April 2011 issue: Various Artists (The All-Star Jam - Live at Graves Mountain); Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press (Memories) , Lou Reid and Carolina (Sounds Like Heaven to Me); Donna Hughes (Hellos, Goodbyes, and Butterflies); Blue Moon Rising (Strange New World); Rodney Dillard & The Dillard Band (I Wish Life Was Like Mayberry); and Wildfire (Crash Course in the Blues).
FEBRUARY 2011
Rural Rhythm Christian announces February 22, 2011 album release TAKE ME LORD AND USE ME by Mike Scott who is joined by
special guests: Sonya Isaacs, Carl Jackson, Shelton Feazell, Vince Gill, Claire Lynch, Jesse McReynolds, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, and Buck White. Read press release here. Read review of this album by Music News Nashville here.
JANUARY 2011
FX TV show, JUSTIFIED to include four original songs by Harlan, Kentucky bluegrass band, CUMBERLAND RIVER BAND - read more here.
January 25, 2011 - Rural Rhythm Records releases BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY - INSTRUMENTAL TRIBUTE TO BILL MONROE - read more here.
January 25, 2011 - Rural Rhythm Records releases JOSH SLONE & COALTOWN - read more here
First album to be recorded at the International Bluegrass Music Museum released January 11, 2011 by Valerie Smith. Click here for more info and link to view a behind the scenes look at this landmark recording.
Nashville Traditions Radio show that airs on WSM Radio, will tape the next two shows at Bell Buckle Banquet Hall - read more here.
Rural Rhythm Records releases first single, "Coal Minin' Man" from THE ROYS. Song now out to radio and also available for digital purchase. Read full press release here.
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