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Rodney Dillard has issued a statement on today's passing of TV icon Andy Griffith, who died at his home this morning at 86 years old. Dillard appeared on six episodes of Griffith's television show, as one of the Darling Boys, along with his brother Doug, Mitch Jayne and Dean Webb. Dillard remembered his friend thusly... [...]
Shannon Slaughter has had a very good year so far. His solo project, The Sideman Steps Out, has been a hit with bluegrass radio, and spent most of the early part of 2012 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. He is also part of the powerful sound of Lou Reid & Carolina, playing guitar [...]
I’m not a big Keller Williams fan. With his reliance on electronic looping and hokey humor, he’s an acquired taste that I haven’t quite acquired. On the other hand, I’m a big fan of Del McCoury’s band, both when they play behind the best hair in bluegrass and when they’re out on their own as [...]
Boston's Three Tall Pines has announced that bassist Nick DiSebastian has joined the group. He joins Joe Lurgio on mandolin, Dan Bordeau on guitar and Connor Smith on fiddle. All four Tall Pines share in the vocal chores. Nick has taken taken advantage of the musical education opportunities in Beantown, having studied previously with Matt Glaser, Guy [...]
Apparently, I was mistaken in suggesting that Sunday's ROMP photo gallery would be our last. Woody Edwards sent one more on Monday after he recovered from the festival.
Radio legend and WAMU's Bluegrass Country host Tom "Cat" Reeder will be memorialized twice on the air today. At noon on Bluegrass Country, and again at 9:00 p.m. (EDT) on WAMU FM, the station will air Bye Bye Darling, a tribute to Reeder who passed away over the weekend at 78 years old. "Bye Bye [...]
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have signed with Class Act Entertainment for exclusive booking representation. They join such distinguished bluegrass acts as The Boxcars, J.D. Crowe & The New South, Red Wine and The Hillbenders with the agency. The Aldridges tour with a strong band. Chris Bryant is on banjo, Rachel Rene Johnson on fiddle, Dwayne Anderson [...]
