Today, live-streaming music platform Sessions is excited to announce an intimate set with Grammy-nominated country music hitmaker Josh Turner. The beloved platinum-selling artist behind such hits as “Hometown Girl,” “Would You Go With Me,” “Your Man,” “Time Is Love,” “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “Long Black Train” will perform his first ever intimate livestream concert in front of a limited, socially-distanced live audience at Ole Red in Nashville.

Oh Boy Records—the country’s second oldest artist-owned independent label and the oldest in Nashville—celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a series of special releases and events.

The Texas-based Leon III is trying to stay warm during one of the worst winters the state has seen... ever. The show must always go on, and today, Leon III is very excited to share their song “Skeletal Pines,” which premiered exclusively via The Vinyl District earlier this week. “Skeletal Pines” is the newest song to be released from the band’s forthcoming album Antlers in Velvet, due out on March 5.

Co-founder, guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Nancy Wilson of Heart is set to release her first EVER solo album, You and Me on May 7, 2021 via her new label, Carry On Music. The album was recorded primarily in Wilson’s California home studio, working with band members and special guests remotely.

Highly acclaimed guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist and Heartcore Records artist Daniel Santiago releases “Open World” from his forthcoming album Song for Tomorrow, on March 12th 2020. A catchy and unique blend of Brazilian spirit and classic rock and funk “Open World” also prominently features the soaring guitar of modern music legend Eric Clapton.

Andrew Marlin — who’s risen to prominence with his acclaimed folk duo Mandolin Orange releases Fable & Fire, an album that reflects on the storm of the last year with an introspective grandeur and epic soundscapes. Recorded at Asheville, NC’s Echo Mountain Studio, this is an album that, despite being instrumental, finds Marlin in as vulnerable a headspace as ever as he ponders loved ones since past, childhood innocence and the collective trauma of the past year.

Roots of Creation is excited to release their newest single “Arabia” ft. Mihali! The new single is the first release from their upcoming album Dub Free or Die Vol #1 due out this April 30th!
 

One of the most distinctive features of bluegrass is the way that an artist’s vocal prowess is frequently paired with instrumental virtuosity. Carley Arrowood fits comfortably in that mold, for while she’s a compelling singer, she’s also a powerful fiddle player who’s studied generations of bluegrass stylists and forged those influences into a style that’s all her own.

Hearty Har unveils their debut album RADIO ASTRO (BMG). To ring in the release, the band has shared the official video for album highlight “Fare Thee Well,” which debuted via Paste Magazine -- watch HERE.

Though it’s known as a genre filled with sad, lonesome songs — "plumb pitiful" is a phrase often heard — it’s nonetheless true that bluegrass music, like classic country, has room for the occasional wry, self-deprecating song about lost love, too.