Pinecastle Signs Carolina Blue – New Album On January 18th 

Pinecastle Records is proud to announce the signing of Carolina Blue and the release of a new album,“I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me”on January 18th, 2019. Bluegrass Today
has premiered the first single from the album, “Rusty Rails” which is
available today. Written by band members Bobby Powell and Tim Jones, the
song will be featured at The International Bluegrass Music
Association’s Songwriters Showcase at World of Bluegrass on Thursday,
September 27 in the Raleigh Convention Center. 

“The
initial idea for ‘Rusty Rails’ came from all the abandoned railroad
tracks in our hometown of Brevard, NC. So, the first concept of the song
was really different from how it turned out. It was supposed to be a
song about how the locomotives are dying out. I brought the idea to Tim
(Jones) and we started the song while we were in the recording studio
one night. We didn’t make much progress, so it just kind of stalled out.
It was at a writing session about a year later, that Tim brought it
back up to me with a totally different melody and a totally different
concept; one about lost love and an escape from that. At that point, it
really came fast. We finished the song and had an arrangement on it in
that same writing session. We’re both really pleased at the way it
turned out and hope all the deejays, listeners, and fans enjoy hearing
it as much as we enjoy playing and singing it!” – Bobby Powell 

Founding
band members, Tim Jones and Bobby Powell met at Pinecastle headquarters
outside of Greenville, SC to sign their new recording contract and an
impromptu performance in the lobby. Featuring their brother duet style
they’ve become known for, get asneak peak of the song“I’ll Meet Her In Heaven” from the upcoming release.

More about Carolina Blue:

Carolina
Blue is a Brevard, NC based band whose roots run deep in the tradition
of Bill Monroe. The band was formed in 2007 after the release of the
album “Nothing So Blue” by Bobby Powell and Tim Jones. Carolina Blue won
the South Carolina state bluegrass championship at RenoFest in 2011.
They also received their first Vocal Group of The Year Nomination at the
2018 SPBGMA Awards Show. They have appeared on the hit TV show “Song Of
The Mountains” as well as “The Bluegrass Trail” series on RFDTV. The
band’s repertoire consists of original songs (including Tim Jones’
“Spring Will Bring Flowers”, which was recorded by 2014 IBMA
entertainers of the year Balsam Range), many bluegrass favorites, and
gospel too, all done in the traditional style.

Band members are Bobby Powell on guitar and vocals, Timmy Jones on
mandolin and vocals, Reese Combs on upright bass and vocals, James
McDowell on banjo and vocals, as well as American and Canadian Grand
Master Fiddle Champion, Aynsley Porchak on fiddle, who is also nominated
for International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum
Instrumentalist Award.