Frankfort really nailed it by calling this festival Liberty Haller

The three of us spent last week at Cowan Creek Mountain Music School. Anabel was on hand for emergency instrument repair under the tutelage of our friend Jim Webb, while Violet and Clay were TAs – Violet for Linda Jean Stokley’s singing class, and Clay for Matthew Carter’s mandolin class.

3 FREE shows coming up! Thursday @ Serendipity Public House in Midway from 6-8 Friday @ Liberty Hall-er in Frankfort. All-day event w/ fantastic musicians across 2 stages, including our friends The Local Honeys and Nat and Jeri! VatN plays from 3-4. Saturday @ West Sixth Farm from 6:30-8:30

Delayed start at Sig Luscher today due to rain. We'll be kicking off indoors shortly!

Violet and the Newsroom will be playing this weekend at: The Beattyville Appalachian Memories Festival at Beattyville Town Square (Friday) Sig Luscher Brewery (Saturday) The Wildwood Faire at Talon Winery (Sunday) See you soon! Photo credit Blake Larson

Subvert @subvert.fm, the member-owned music cooperative, is officially launched! Go to subvert.fm/newsroomband to listen to our first track, and stay tuned for more (soon!)

Subvert launches on Tuesday 12 May. We are now just days away. If you are a Member of Subvert, check your email for more details on how we will launch together next week. Not a member yet? These are the final days to join as a Founding Member of Subvert. Join the co-op at subvert.fm

Subvert is a co-op owned and controlled by over 20,000 members. Co-op members are all co-owners. Artists and labels join free. Supporters join for life, once. Co-op membership is not required to listen and purchase music on Subvert. Join today at subvert.fm

Our first studio demo is now LIVE! Free to stream and download on artist-owned co-op platform @subvert.fm - with more to come!

CONGRATULATIONS, VIOLET! 💙💛

Friday show!! Also, a slight schedule change - VatN will play from 6-6:30, and Jimmy, Peyton, and Alanabeth will play from 7:30-8. Whole concert will air live on WMMT (88.7 Whitesburg, or stream it on wmmt.org)!

Recording at the KCTM studio for Violet's senior capstone album. 💜 Photos by John Flavell

Next show: Friday, March 6 with our friends Odonian Dream and Cedar Girl at girlsgirlsgirls Burritos in Lexington.

James E. Webb's obituary, written by musician Phill Barnett. Webb's influence has touched generations of Kentucky musicians, including us.

TONIGHT at girlsgirlsgirls Burritos THE UNFLINCHING at 9:00 CEDAR GIRL at 10:00 VIOLET AND THE NEWSROOM at 11:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thanks for making this year a special one - we're so grateful for you. ❤️🎄

we lied x2! unfortunately, this performance has been canceled due to (minor) injury. we'll be back and at 'em in january!

we lied! one last show before the year's out! catch us in tomahawk, our favorite place to fiddle around!

This Saturday! Two acts, four sets, no cover! Come party?

Thanks to everybody who came out to Tunes for Toys last night. It was a dream come true to get to play at The Burl - see you next time!! 😘

Violet and the Newsroom Concert! Sunday, November 9 from 4pm-6pm at the Kentucky Coffeetree Cafe in Frankfort!

Last week, we played a wedding at Pine Mountain Settlement School. Thank you Corri for the pictures, and congratulations!

Woolly worm forecast a mild winter!

What are you doing November 9th? We’ll be (god willing!) recording a live show with a focus on originals and old-time faves. No cover, just pop in and grab a drink at the Kentucky Coffeetree Cafe in Frankfort between 4 and 6!

Tomorrow (Friday!) night! Catch us in Berea with our friend Lucy Becker!

This week’s blog: rumination on songwriting by @anabelrose.bsky.social 💚

The Cuckoo -> Ain’t No Grave (switch over at about 2:15) Thanks to Violet’s mom for the video!

Thanks again to Walt from Chasers in Lebanon - we’re going to find every excuse to use this, lol!

Another one at Liberty Hall in the books! This is our third show in the gardens behind the historic home - and maybe it’s a good time of year to mention it’s super haunted? We captured some live audio from the set that turned out (imho!) pretty clean, so click on through and give us a listen!

There are so many dog pictures in this post. Click and scroll on down. You *have* to meet Whiskey.

Heading on out to Whitesburg now! See you there!

Sadly, this year’s Barefoot has been canceled. We hope to see everyone next year!

Ten days out!

Violet won an award and we partied in Robertson county! Next up: back to Whitesburg!

During August, get a digital download of "All Join Hands!: Traditional Music for Square Dancing" by musicians like John Harrod, Jesse Wells, Rich Kirby, and more on our Bandcamp page and name your own price! https://loom.ly/DnPMMHQ 🎵: "All Join Hands!" Various Musicians, June Appal Records, 2005.

Loving Farm was kind enough to give us a shout-out in their newsletter this week! We look forward to seeing Marietta and Perriee at this Saturday’s show at Turtleback Ridge. 💛

All day October 4 - We’ll be just The Newsroom for this one, because we’re sans-Violet, but we’ll be playing with our very good friend Peyton Byrns!

September 12-13! (We play at 4 on the 13th, but we’ll be hanging out all day!)

Catch you in Robertson County!

Rock of Ages from today’s set at Kentucky Native Cafe in Lexington.

Remember the tintype we sat for at the Elliott County Fiddler’s Convention? Here’s our best resting mean mugs. Thanks to The People’s Portraiture!

See you Sunday!

Biiiiig party at our buddy Jim’s place! You’re gonna want to go ahead and clear out your schedule for the last weekend of July, 2026…

I Could Drive You Crazy @ Stidham Old Time Music Gathering 7/26

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Blog post from Anabel! Thanks again to the Little Sandy Lodge for having us two Saturdays in a row, and looking forward to another wonderful weekend in Eastern Kentucky for Stidham come Friday!

See you today at 4! 145 Burt Road Unit 20, Lexington, KY