Author: Brance

  • Jesse McReynolds Mandolin Camp

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    For all you mandolin pickers out there, here's an opportunity to learn from one of the best. Jesse McReynolds is hosting a mandolin camp at his Pick Inn next month, July 11-12, 2008. The two day event begins with a reception

  • The Infamous Stringdusters: Episode 5

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    Here's the fifth installment of the video content we're bringing you as part of our Infamous Stringdusters promotion. The album The Infamous Stringdusters, will be released tomorrow, June 10, 2008. See our original post for information about the pre-order special. This video

  • Bean Blossom – The Show Must Go On

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    Over the weekend a series of severe storms inundated Indiana with rain. Many festival goers have been wondering if the Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival would go on as scheduled, or be canceled due to the inclement weather. We received news

  • Jeanette Williams: Thank You For Caring

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    Here's another Blue Circle Records release worthy of mention. Jeanette Williams will soon release her brand new CD, Thank You For Caring. The CD contains 14 tracks written by some of bluegrass music's best songwriters, including Brandon Rickman (Lonesome River Band),

  • Before Bluegrass

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    Heather Berry is known to bluegrass fans as one of the award winning Daughters of Bluegrass. She put her first band together when she was 12 and recorded a CD titled Reflections of the Past. In 2006 she released To

  • Junior Sisk: Blue Side of the Blue Ridge

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    When I was in college at South Plains College studying bluegrass music, a new record would often create a stir among the students. One of those records was Wyatt Rice's Santa Cruz. That album introduced me to the soulful singing

  • GrooveGrass 101 on iTunes

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    Ten years ago a CD was released that was probably the very first mashup to feature bluegrass music (mashed with some groovy funk). The CD was GrooveGrass 101, produced by Scott Rouse. This week Warner Brothers released the CD on iTunes

  • Kati Penn Band additions

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    Kati Penn just wrote in to let us know about a couple new additions to her band. She has added Jimmy Redden on the 5-string banjo. Born in Soddy Daisy, TN, Jimmy has been playing the banjo since he was 10.

  • The Infamous Stringdusters: Episode 4

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    Here's the fourth installment of the video content we're bringing you as part of our Infamous Stringdusters promotion. The album The Infamous Stringdusters, will be released on June 10, 2008. See our original post for information about the pre-order special. This video

  • Bluegrass Gospel Homiletics

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    In the lyrics from the opening track (Show 'EM Your Sermon) of his 2004 album, The Gospel In Black And White, Marty Raybon insists that your life may be the only sermon someone will ever hear. If that someone is