Zach Gilmer to Hard Rain
Banjo player Zach Gilmer has signed on with Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, taking the spot recently vacated by Josh Miller.
The 17 year old from Charlottesville, VA has won first place trophies at a number of regional competitions, as well as the Virginia state banjo championship. Zach has also performed as a member of Gold Heart, and with other groups in central VA.
You can find Carrie’s tour schedule on the band’s web site, and on her MySpace page, for a chance to catch Carrie live with her hot new banjo boy.
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We got a note from Jim VanCleve this morning with news about his next producing project, the upcoming CD from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain. Jim had produced their self-titled debut release for Rural Rhythm in 2006 and when we spoke with Carrie at IBMA last fall, she offered him a great deal of credit...
UPDATED 11/9: The dates indicated for Carrie's Studio Special when this was first posted were incorrect, owing to mistaken information being provided to us. The dates shown below have been edited, and are correct.
Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, will be featured on XM Satellite Radio on November 17, 2006....
Rural Rhythm Records has posted two music video performances and a video bio from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, featuring special guest Jim VanCleve on fiddle.
The videos (also available on YouTube) are for two tracks from her self-titled debut CD, and include Seven Miles From Wichita (currently...
Don't forget to enter our promotional giveaway for Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain. This promotion surrounds the recent release of CHHR2, the sophmore CD from the band.
Our giveaway includes two prize packages that will be given away later this week. Each prize package includes two t-shirts. We just...
Carrie Hassler and her fine young band have been touring in France this past week, and are blogging about their Gallic adventures online. They have already posted a bunch of photos and several videos with more to come before they head home.
They report that the trip has gone well, performing before...
The second Rural Rhythm release from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain isn't due until July 29, but a single has been released to bluegrass radio this week.
The song is I Can Go Back Anytime, written by Jennifer Strickland, who had also contributed the song Going On The Next Train for Carrie's first...
Wow... things move fast in the bluegrass world!
Just a short while after the sudden announcement that Jr. Williams was leaving NewFound Road comes news of their hiring of another red-headed banjo picker.
Josh Miller, formerly with Carrie Hasler & Hard Rain, will be holding down the banjo spot...
Blue Plate Special, the long-running noontime radio show on WDVX has a big dose of bluegrass on the program this week.
Today's show (9/3) features Gold Heart a terrific young family bluegrass group from northern Virginia. The band is made up of the singing Gold sisters, Analise, Jocelyn and Shelby,...
Yesterday saw the release of the sophomore recording from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain. The CD is simply titled CHHR2.
Produced by Jim VanCleve of Mountain Heart, this new CD is an impressive outing for this young band. We have a review of the CD coming soon, but for now we wanted to let you know...
We spent part of our lunch hour today visiting with Carrie Hassler and the folks at Rural Rhythm Records.
One of the hardest things about trying to keep to a schedule at IBMA is the fact that any trip from point A to point B will take you past a half dozen people you are eager to see. Three or four...
Yesterday we started the Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain promotional in coordination with the release of their latest recording CHHR2.
Mark Roberts of WearBluegrass.com pointed out that one of the prize packages included tickets to a festival this Saturday, while the promotion won't end until next Wednesday.
We...
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