Joe Mullins’ Classic Country Radio WBZI, WKFI & WEDI will celebrate its 15th year this summer with a Birthday, BBQ and Bluegrass Bash June 27 at Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Info: www.myclassiccountry.com
Former Country Music Association CEO Tammy Genovese has been named president of The Country Network, a cable television company with a focus that includes independent acts and new artists. Their launch is set for June 10. Info: www.tcncountry.com
Chris Jones recently appeared on Terry Herd’s syndicated bluegrass radio show, Into the Blue, to play cuts from Chris’ new album, Clouds of Dust. DJs may download three tracks from the new recording at airplaydirect.com
Song of the Mountains, the televised concert series based at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Va., has announced their line-up for the second half of 2010: Primitive Quartet, Patsy & Donna Stoneman, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Redhead Express, Doc Watson & Jeff Little, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Takeharu Kunimoto, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, the McPeak Brothers, James Leva & Purgatory Mountain, Hard Ryde, The Grascals and more. The program reaches more than 109 million viewers on public television across the U.S. on 180 PBS outlets. Info: www.songofthemountains.org
The Abrams Brothers have a new video on CMT called “Mermaid Town.” To view, go to http://bit.ly/mermaidtown.
Dierks Bentley debuted the title track of his new bluegrass album, Up on the Ridge, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno April 27.
Josh Shilling and Jim VanCleve of Mountain Heart mounted what they jokingly called a “Mountain Heart Hostile Takeover” of WSM studios in Nashville April 1, from 2-3 p.m. They played cuts from bands that have influenced Mountain Heart and also debuted singles from Mountain Heart’s upcoming album.