Author: Brance

  • Free Music From The Lonesome River Band

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    The new Lonesome River Band is giving away some free music on their newly redesigned website. The site just went live this morning and features the latest band news, tour dates, biographical information for the new band members, and some

  • Van Heffer – release pushed back

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    The Van Heffer CD we told you about here and here was originally slated to be released today as an iTunes exclusive, but Wichita tells me that Apple has decided to wait and release the CD next Tuesday, on Valentine's

  • Wichita Rutherford produces Mountain Heart

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    Our good friend Wichita Rutherford has just released a video of him producing the band Mountain Heart. There is some great footage of them working with Wichita in the studio as he brings out the best in this band. You

  • STOLEN: Epiphone MB-250 banjo

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    Jeremy Bauer just wrote in to report a sad incident: I was in Portland, OR on 01-28-2006 when my Epiphone MB-250 banjo was stolen out of my car (along with a lot of other stuff including my Michael Burke pennywhistles

  • John Jorgenson remembers Louise Scruggs

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    John Jorgenson is an internationally recognized master of gypsy jazz guitar, and a first rate bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist to boot. He has been been a member of Earl Scruggs' stage band on many occasions. I feel very honored to have

  • Men of the Rail – DVD

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    A friend of mine has just recently finished production on a documentary film titled Men of the Rail. It's about the North Carolina Branch railroad that runs through our town (Pulaski, VA) and beyond. He filmed some great footage on

  • Episode #14 – Wichita Rutherford

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    Here it is, episode #14 of The GrassCast! This week I interview podcasting superstar Wichita Rutherford. Wichita is the guitarist with Van Heffer, whose new CD will be released on Feb 7th. The concept of this CD is delightfully bizarre.

  • 2006 San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival

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    The 2006 San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival kicks off today, Feb 2nd and continues through Feb 12th. The festival features more than just concerts, it's an entertainment event. There are concerts from both national and local acts held at

  • Free Mandolin Tabs from Mike Compton

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    Mike Compton, one of the leading Monroe style mandolinists in the world today, has a section of his website devoted to providing free tablature and sheet music to his fans and admirers. Some of the tunes are standards like Billy

  • The Grascals video on VH1 Country

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    The Grascals video for "Me and John and Paul" began airing on VH1 Country yesterday, January 30th. We've previously told you about this video here and here. And don't forget we featured an interview discussing the video in last week's episode