Simply Pickin' News

09/05/2025

Wow.

Billy Strings - 'Highway Prayers' Apple Music Nashville Sessions are out now: https://billystrings.lnk.to/AMNashvilleSessionsListen to 'Highway Prayers' - th...

09/04/2024

We sure do miss the 23 string band! They were one of our favorites.

The 23 String Band performs "Long Hot Summer Days" from their sophomore album, Catch 23. Taped live at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington, on March 19, 2012.w...

07/18/2024

Brushfire Stankgrass tonight @ Pisgah Brewing Company 6:30pm!

A puppy anthem from Asheville jamgrass innovators Brushfire Stankgrass. From their May 2020 release "City of a Thousand Hills"

07/17/2024

Thomas Cassell everybody! Great message in this one!

"Hands," performed by Thomas Cassell© 2024 Mountain Fever RecordsProducers: Casey Campbell & Thomas CassellRecorded by Ben Surratt at the Rec Room, Nashville...

07/17/2024

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07/17/2024

🎉 Save the date 🎉

The McMurry Brothers Band, featuring Steve, Bryon, Fitz, and Isaac McMurry, (along with Alex Golden) will be performing Friday, July 26, at Everybody's Bruncheon Club in Boone, NC.

Come early to see Isaac's band Proto Giraffe kick off the show at 9 pm with the McMurry Brothers Band to follow.

🎟️ Tickets are available at the door or online at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mcmurry-brothers-band-with-proto-giraffe-tickets-951037497757

See you soon!

07/17/2024

Ozark Highlands Radio w/ The Tillers

This week, Cincinnati, Ohio based post-punk neo-folk acoustic oldtime string band The Tillers recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews...

07/15/2024

Being Kind is the right message at an important time. Please enjoy and remember:

We’re all drinking from the same cup, so drink it down and fill it up and share it all around.

Being Kind is available NOW! 👇🏻

https://larrykeel.hearnow.com/being-kind

Big thanks to the recording studio and the band!
and Jenny Keel

07/15/2024

If you’ve never seen Bayla Davis of Newfound Gap rip on a banjo here’s your chance!

ALL AGES LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVEBAYLA DAVIS & CARY FRIDLEY Bayla Davis (banjo), 15, is a Traditional Appalachian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Leicester, North Carolina. At 6-years-old, she started in the Junior Appalachian Musicians Program (JAM) in Black Mountai....

07/12/2024

Mountain Grass Unit

perform "Smuggling" at WinterWonderGrass in Steamboat Springs, March 2024.The WinterWonderGrass 2025 Presale is now open! Grab your ticket...

07/12/2024

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07/10/2024

Give a listen to Mighty Poplar pick this one written by Martha Scanlan!

Official live video for "Up on the Divide" from Mighty Poplar's GRAMMY-nominated self-titled debut out now on Free Dirt Records. Order: https://lnk.to/mighty...