Author: John Lawless

  • Ray Deaton hospitalized

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    We just received a distressing note from Christy Stocks, daughter of Ray Deaton, a founding member of IIIrd Tyme Out, currently performing with The Anita Fisher Band. "My name is Christy and Ray Deaton is my father. I thought his friends

  • New CD from Chris Jones

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    Chris Jones and his band The Night Drivers have been in the Rec Room studio in Nashville (Ben Surratt engineering) wrapping up their first band project in 8 years. It will be the first full bluegrass studio release since Ned

  • Barnstorming and bluegrass

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    Here's one for all those bluegrass fans who are also vintage aviation buffs. Russ Niles, editor in chief of AVweb, is heading out on a barnstorming tour of the US starting this weekend, with champion fiddler Jeff Pritchard in tow. AVweb

  • Bluegrass Babies

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    Here's a cute video for young children designed to pique their natural curiosity about music, using animation and bluegrass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DACmET6qI6MIt was created by Caroline Roberts, a children's book illustrator, and Paul Castle, who plays with the British folk/bluegrass group The Rosinators. Roberts

  • Palmer Divide – Shenandoah Train

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    Colorado's Palmer Divide is set to release a new CD, Shenandoah Train, on June 2. This will be their fourth recording project since the band was formed in 2004 with the goal of highlighting their original compositions and arrangements. The band

  • Down Home from Josh Williams

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    Bluegrass crooner Josh Williams has just finished work on his third solo project for Pinecastle Records. The album is tentatively titled Down Home, for a Carl Jackson song Josh sings on the CD, with a release date anticipated later this summer.

  • Steve Martin on Idol video

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    In case you mssed it on Fox last night, here is the video of Steve Martin performing on American Idol. The song is Pretty Flowers from his current release, The Crow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPK5sEG_yJ8

  • 20 Years of The Larry Stephenson Band

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    Larry Stephenson is putting the finishing touches on a 20th Anniversary CD with The Larry Stephenson Band, which will be released on Pinecastle Records. Has it really been that long? The primary tracking started in late October of '08 at Ben

  • More Monroe stampers

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    Here are a few more photos that just came in of prominent bluegrass artists hopping on the Bill Monroe Stamp campaign. When The Infamous Stringdusters were at the Bluegrass Country studios yesterday in DC, Jen Hitt asked them to add their