Waldo Phillips is King Kulture’s primary contributor for news and information. He keeps his finger on the pulse of culture and his ear to the ground. Sometimes it’s even under the ground.
IBMA Bluegrass Live! returns to Chattanooga Oct. 23-24 with a redesigned festival split among intimate indoor venues and free outdoor stages downtown. Read More
Canadian worship collective HOMECOMING release a two-track live version of “beauty & love,” recorded with young worshippers at a Michigan youth camp. Read More
Vickie Vaughn returns with a bluegrass take on John Hartford’s “Paducah,” a song tied to her western Kentucky roots and a memory stretching back two decades. Read More
Michael Sarver completes his two-part autobiographical project Sept. 25 with Layer Two, seven songs confronting abandonment, shame, healing and God’s faithfulness. Read More
The Wood Drake Sessions return Sept. 25 with East to West, an 11-song worship album exploring how God’s love reaches into work, fear, relationships and failure. Read More
After decades performing with his four brothers in The Katinas, John Katina is developing a separate solo identity as Johnny Leroy, including the new song “Keep Your Head Up.” Read More
Crossroads Label Group promotes three executives, hires Justin Hiltner as vice president of A&R – Roots and relocates its headquarters to Fletcher, North Carolina. Read More