We are on the road to Raleigh! We can’t wait to perform as Official Showcase Artists for the IBMA Bluegrass Ramble! Join us at IBMA World of Bluegrass, Sept 28 - Oct 2, in Raleigh, NC! #IBMAWOB2021

Rock Hearts released a highlight single, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.  Written by the late, Bill Smith, former band mate and lifelong friend of our own, Bill Thibodeau.  The two Bills spent time together as members of regional favorites, the Bluegrass Supply Company.

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee is experiencing outstanding request and chart activity. 

We couldn't be happier as we are preparing to usher in the summer with two festivals apperances in June: Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Festival in Litchfield, ME and the Taste of Podunk in Suffield, CT.  

So thankful for all the DJs who are giving us spins on their shows and keeping the bluegrass community entertained through these crazy times.  Thanks to our friends and fans who are requesting the tune as well!!

Looking forward to seeing you all out there.

Until then, be safe and keep picking and grinning.

Rock Hearts

Thanks to all of our devoted fans and new friends for requesting our songs and the DJs for giving them a spin.

#20 on the Air Play Direct Top 50 Bluegrass and Folks Albums last week!

Can't wait to share our music LIVE with all of you real soon!

If you haven't done so, please Like us and Follow us on Facebook/Rockheartsbluegrass as well.

Blessings, 

Rock Hearts

Shortly after returning from Nashville, I was sitting in a corner booth of a local restaurant hosting Bluegrass Night. As the band was playing a waltz, I observed an older man walk through the crowd to the dance floor and he began to dance by himself. While others snickered and commented to each other, my heart immediately softened as I started thinking about the old man's "story." Maybe he had too much to drink, maybe it was time for him to head on home, and yet maybe, that was the way of staying connected to the one true love of his life who had departed. I rested on that idea and went home that night to write Starry Southern Nights. Losing someone you love is one of the toughest events to deal with in life. During these unprecedented and difficult times, it's important to keep a soft heart, be slow to judge and take time to get to know other peoples stories.

Alex MacLeod

Songwriter, Guitar, Lead Vocalist

Rock Hearts

No tricks, JUST TREATS! Rock Hearts is thrilled to announce that the long awaited and much anticipated debut album, Starry Southern Nights, will be RELEASED this Friday, October 30. Two of the album’s previously released singles, 99 Year Blues and Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes, have been Top 20 on the Bluegrass Today charts. The title track, Starry Southern Nights, is a heart-tugging original by lead singer, Alex MacLeod, that is sure to leave the listeners feeling sentimental. It will also be available as a single this Friday. 

A limited number of PRE-ORDERS are available ($15 s/h included) Hit us up with your Name, Address and email address, and we will send you a PayPal invoice which can be paid with or without a PayPal account. Downloads/Streaming will be available on all platforms as well. Shoot us an email as well at Rockheartsbluegrass@gmail.com

Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes

CLICK HERE The Bluegrass Situation releases Rock Hearts' new video

We are excited to release our follow up single, Don't Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes, this Friday, September 4th.

It can be downloaded or streamed on your favorite platforms including Spotify, Apple music, iTunes,etc...

Check out our Facebook page - Facebook.com/RockHeartsBluegrass  - like us, follow us and tell your friends about us.

We are so thankful to our team of friends, publicist, advertisers and supporters!

We are all huge fans of Sonny and Bobby Osborne.  Their music has been a major influence for all the guys in Rock Hearts and we pray this rendering pays due homage to them!

Hey everyone - our friends at Bluegrass Today featured us in their Daily Profile - 20 Things You Didn't Know - it's a really cool glimpse inside the Rock Hearts story.  Be sure to give it a read.

Bluegrass Today article- 20 Things You Didn't Know About Rock Hearts

I was beyond thrilled and excited to have received an email today from Ashley Lewis at Bluegrass Today notifying me that 99 Year Blues, Rock Hearts' first single, debuted on the charts at #14. 

The fellas in Rock Hearts are so blessed to be able to play the music we love with the people that we love to play it with.  As if it were ordained, God put us all together with a mutual respect for the music, with very similar goals, love for the same material.... as Joe says, "We speak the same musical language."

This story is amazing: Joe asks Ned Luberecki to produce the album, Ned says yes but we should use Stephen Mougin...Joe doesn't know Stephen, but Billy T has known Stephen for 30+ years when Billy met a young 10-year old Stephen at a show he was playing... and upon learning young Stephen was a mandolin player, Billy took the mando from around his neck, handed it to young Stephen and essentially said, "Here kid, play me something." Although I hadn't met Stephen in person, he had demo'ed a tune that my buddy, Rick Lang, and I wrote together, so I was familiar with the abundance of talent he possessed.

After arrangements were made and Stephen and Ned were on board to do produce and engineer our debut album, I called Rick Lang to let him know the news.  As it turns out, Rick was sitting next to Stephen in Dark Shadow Studios in TN working on his project.  

Shortly thereafter, we were in Nashville recording our debut project, Starry Southern Nights.

We were referred to Claire Ratliff at Laughing Penguin Publicity to work with us on letting people know who we were and what we sounded like.  Thank you Claire. Your insight and planning have been spot on!!

We were then referred to Bluegrass Today and had the fortune of working with Ashley Lewis. Simply Awesome!

Then we were referred to Shaye Smith who created our 99 Year Blues lyrical video that has had almost 14k views.  Love it Shaye!!

Cathy Day wrote an article about us that was featured in Bluegrass Unlimited.  Thanks Cathy for your excellent interview and Bluegrass Unlimited for sharing our story with your readers.

Then a friend of Rick Brodsky's, a very gifted artist, Paul, designed the cover art and layout for the CD.  Creative beyond creative!!

Then Rick's talented daughter, Zoie, designed the art work for the single, 99 Year Blues.

And with the help of the very patient folks at CD Baby as well as Airplay Direct, we released this single, 99 Year Blues, and it debuted at #14.

Thanks to all... we are the humble recipients of the amazing talents of this village's membership.... and we anxiously await the opportunity to share more bluegrass with you all!

So happy for Stephen Mougin who has been nominated as one of the top #5 Sound Engineers for 2020 by the IBMA.

Rock Hearts was thrilled to record our debut project with Stephen at Dark Shadow Studio in Tennessee back in the fall.

Stephen, along with wife, Jana and son, Sammy, are wonderful people to boot and their studio, Dark Shadow Studio, is the ultimate in professionalism, attention to detail, hospitality, and creativity.  Having Ned Luberecki as the producer was pretty amazing as well.

Congrats Stephen...much deserved!!