Author: John Lawless

  • Del McCoury on Jesse McReynolds

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    Del McCoury has released the first in what are sure to be several infomercial spots leading up to DelFest, the four day music festival he hosts in Cumberland, MD over the Memorial Day weekend. He calls this series of webcasts (as

  • Northern Departure takes the silver

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    Here's a happy ending followup to a piece we ran last month, when we posted about Northern Departure. This young bluegrass band from Seattle made it into the finals of a northwestern band competition, Sound Off!, typically dominated by rock

  • New IIIrd Tyme Out single next week

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    Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have chosen St. Patrick's Day to roll out their new single, If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again. The song was written by Austin Cunningham and Mark Irwin, and came to the

  • Jim Mills to fill in for Crowe

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    We have learned that power picker Jim Mills will be filling in this weekend for JD Crowe. As we reported last month, JD fell last month exiting his tour bus, and broke his left arm in two places. Jim has trimmed

  • Jim Hurst with Dawg and son

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    Jim Hurst is on the west coast, where last week he spent some time rehearsing and recording for a new album with David Grisman and his son Sam. Jim is a two-time winner of the IBMA Guitar Player of the

  • Sierra Hull – Daybreak

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    Today (3/8) is the official release date for Daybreak, Sierra Hull's second album for Rounder Records. Much has been said, here on Bluegrass Today and elsewhere, about this uniquely talented young lady. At 19 years old, she puts many experienced mandolin

  • Carlton Haney hospitalized

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    We are sorry to share news that bluegrass pioneer Carlton Haney is in poor health. He suffered a stroke last week, and is currently in the ICU at the Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, NC. Haney was a seminal

  • Buddy Melton and Terry Baucom

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    Here's some info on Terry Baucom's upcoming CD, In A Groove, courtesy of his wife, Cindy. The album is now complete, and due for release March 29 on the John Boy & Billy label. Cindy tells us that as they were

  • Carolina Chocolate Drops

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    Photographer Milo Farineau and his journalist wife, Diane, caught The Carolina Chocolate Drops on 2/25 in Charlottesville, VA. Here are Milo's photos, and Diane's interview with the group. The Carolina Chocolate Drops may have just won a Grammy for being great

  • Henhouse Prowlers on the inside

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    Here's the fourth report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from banjo picker and founding member, Ben Wright. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the