Author: Brance

  • Gibson Brothers Journal

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    While not exactly a blog, the Gibson Brothers have a journal on their site that is updated as they have time to write from the road. Yesterday I noticed that Eric had posted an interesting entry about songwriting. Here's an

  • Destination Music – follow up

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    We recently reported on Destination Music, a BBC World production that was featuring the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in it's first episode. As a follow up to that post, I recently had the opportunity to speak with one of the producers

  • Probe may delay change in digital-music prices

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    For a while the complaint we kept hearing was that illegal downloads were killing the labels. Then along came Apple's iTunes Music Store to save the day. With millions of downloads, all paid for, the complaining ceased. But it recently

  • Firefox P2P extension

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    There has been some discussion on this blog about digital downloads, both legal and otherwise. So I thought I'd link to this story on cnet.com. Apparently a number of third party companies are developing peer-2-peer plugins for the popular

  • Destination Music – Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival

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    BBC World Television is featuring Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in the first episode of it's series, Destination Music. Each week the series highlights the music of a different country. Week one is America and bluegrass music is the focus! Destination Music

  • MSNBC overlooked albums of 2005

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    MSNBC.com has posted a story listing six overlooked albums of 2005. Interestingly, 2 of them are bluegrass and a third is closely related. The second CD on the list is Danny Roberts, Mandolin Orchard. Third is NewFound Road, Somewhere Between. And

  • UPDATE: Lonesome River Band website

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    Those of you who have listened to last weeks episode of the GrassCast heard Sammy Shelor talking about a new updated website. There were some minor delays getting things switched over, but we're happy to tell you that the new

  • Episode #10 – Gary Reid

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    In episode #10 of The GrassCast we bring in the new year with an interview with Gary Reid of Copper Creek Records. Copper Creek Records is located in Roanoke, VA so John and I just dropped by the other day

  • Picturing The Banjo

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    You and I know the importance of the banjo today, as well as the historical importance of the instrument. Importance to the music we love, bluegrass. But what about the broader historical background behind the banjo? The Corcoran Gallery

  • Episode #9 – Sammy Shelor

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    In episode #9 of The GrassCast we bring you an interview with Sammy Shelor. Sammy stopped by the AcuTab office to share some exciting news about The Lonesome River Band with John, and we captured it as an interview. They