Mountain Heart News

Winter has arrived, and looks to be settling in this week. So keep warm with a calendar that includes: a production of Grease ; Thunder from Down Under; Jazz on a Winter Night and Chick Singer Night; and, more live music by Birds and Wires, Cross Canadian Ragweed with Ha Ha Tonka, Mountain Heart, The Subdudes, and The Queers.

Smack in the middle of Mountain Heart's most popular instrumental raveup, "#6 Barn Dance," the awardwinning bluegrass sextet will veer into 4/4 time and start banging out some familiarsounding chords ... and there it is, like it was meant to be part of an oldtime breakdown: AC/DC's "Back in Black." That's the sort of thing to expect from this most ...

It's been a long wait, but mandolin ace Adam Steffey is finally back at center stage via the release of One More for the Road , his first solo album in eight years.

Mountain Heart weren't the only bluegrass stars to be featured at major sporting events yesterday.

Mountain Heart has set the bluegrass world to buzzing with its stellar bluegrass musicianship and impressive live show.

Word is that D.P.R. has escaped The City, discovered the smell of New Jersey and made it back as far as ol' Virginny.

Mountain Heart are trying to defy the natural laws of bluegrass. In their genre, lineups shift constantly; bands are always splitting and begetting new bands.

Are you hungry to help fight hunger? Then plan to be at Northville High School on Nov.

The Nashville band Mountain Heart will headline the Have a Heart for Hunger event, bringing the sounds of "newgrass" rather than bluegrass to Northville.

The organizers of the biannual Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival, now in its seventh year, continue to explore beyond the expected folk and roots offerings, creating an expansive experience that covers the fringes of an ever-broadening Americana sphere.

Here's the video we've been telling you about from the Mountain Heart showcase the other night.

Mountain Heart: I thought that their showcase was brilliant, and was very interested to see how they would approach this "going over to the other side" vibe.

Grasstowne burst on the bluegrass scene two years ago with "The Road Headin' Home," a strong debut album that sent a single, "Dixie Flyer," to the top of Bluegrass Unlimited's charts for three consecutive months.

BMNN wrote: on Sep. 24, 2009: You may have heard Adam Steffey's mind-blowing mandolin chops before, as he's played with several bluegrass bands, notably Alison Krauss and Union Station, Mountain Heart, and most recently Dan Tyminski Band.

Terry Baucom has announced that he will be leaving Dale Ann Bradley's band to focus on a number of other performing opportunities for 2010.

Education : AcuTab Announces 'Jim Van Cleve-Become a More Complete Fiddler' BMNN wrote: on Sep.

AcuTab is soon to release a new instructional DVD from Mountain Heart fiddler, Jim Van Cleve .

Leadership Artists, LLC and D'Addario & Company, Inc. are very proud to announce today they are presenting veteran alt-bluegrass group Mountain Heart in an All-Star Jam in celebration of the group's 10th Anniversary in conjunction with the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass Convention on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ...

The Didmarton Festival of Bluegrass, which is celebrating its 21st birthday, comes to Kemble Airfield this weekend.

DIDMARTON Bluegrass Festival comes of age this year with an international lineup that is expected to send the audience into a frenzy.