Song of the Mountains is broadcasting some good bluegrass this weekend on public television stations.

This weekend’s episode features both Dale Ann Bradley and The Circuit Riders. At the time of taping, Dale Ann had Gena Britt Tew on banjo, Jeremy Abshire on fiddle, Tim Laughlin on mandolin, Charles Fields on bass, and Randall Conn on dobro.

The show airs this Saturday night at 6pm on UNC-TV for North Carolina viewers, and at 9:30pm on Blue Ridge PBS for Virginia viewers.

A complete listing of broadcast stations nation-wide is available here.

Darin Aldridge and Brooke Justice are getting married today.

Darin plays mandolin with The Circuit Riders, and guitar in his group with Brooke, Darin Aldridge & Brooke Justice, where she is featured as lead vocalist.

After a honeymoon in Gatlinburg, TN, Darin heads into the studio to finish the next project with The Circuit Riders.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

We heard last week from Darin Aldridge, former member of The Country Gentlemen and current mandolinist with The Circuit Riders. This young man has quite a busy time ahead of him in the near future.

First up, he is engaged to be married to Brooke Justice, with whom he has started a new band. Darin is on guitar, Brooke on mandolin, with Chris Bryant on banjo, Eddie Biggerstaff on bass and Perry Woddie on resonator guitar. All five sing, with Brooke and Darin the featured lead vocalists.

Darin Aldridge & Brooke Justice will have a new CD, I’ll Go With You, due October 14 on Pinecastle Records and the band will be at IBMA this coming week showcasing the hard driving Gospel music that is their specialty.

Here is a YouTube clip of the band doing Get Down And Pray, one of the songs from the new CD. Audio samples for the others can be heard on their MySpace page.

Darin says that in addition to a wedding on December 27, he is also working on a new recording with The Circuit Riders this fall, which will also be released on Pinecastle.

Pinecastle Records has released three new CD projects this week, each of which we had previewed for you here prior to their street date. They have also launched a new, completely redesigned web site which Andy Evans at Pinecastle tells us has been in the planning stages for several months.

The new releases are from longtime Stanley bass man, Jack Cooke (Sitting On Top Of The World), The Circuit Riders (Let The Ride Begin) and a second compilation set from their extremely popular bluegrass instrumental series (More Ultimate Pickin’).

Andy says that they are still making minor site revisions, but expect that all the bugs will be found and fixed in the next few days. He invites everyone to stop by and have a look around.