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Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper will appear on tonight's (7/25) Grand Ole Opry broadcast, surely sporting tunes from their upcoming Rounder CD, Leavin' Town, due for release on July 29. They are scheduled during the 9:00-9:30 p.m. segment (EDT). Michael will also appear this morning with Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country online at 9:45 a.m. [...]
I crossed paths with Cherryholmes a few days ago, and found time for a nice chat with patriarch, Jere Cherryholmes. He filled me in on what the band has been up to this summer, and what they have planned for the coming months. Jere told me that the new band CD is nearly finished, with [...]
We got a note from Ron Spears, mandolinist and tenor singer with David Parmley & Continental Divide. He tells us that the band is still working on their next CD, to be released on Pinecastle Records, for whom Parmley had recorded several previous projects. Ron says there will be 12 tracks, and that a release [...]
Randy Kohrs sent along a few photos from his appearance on The Grand Ole Opry last weekend. Joining him were the members of The Randy Kohrs Band, Ashley Brown on fiddle and vocals, Mike Sumner on banjo, Elio Giordano on bass, Chris Wood on drums, with Jody Hughes filling in on guitar for the Friday [...]
We first met artist Karen Cannon when she contacted us about advertising on Bluegrass Today several months back. As we spoke, I realized that I had seen a number of her images of bluegrass instruments or themes, including a clever image of Santa Claus tuning his mandolin which she has licensed as a Christmas card. [...]
The Santa Cruz Guitar Company introduced their latest artist signature model at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville last month. It's for Ron Block, celebrated banjo player and guitarist with Alison Krauss & Union Station, and is being produced in conjunction with My Favorite Guitars. The Ron Block Signature Dreadnaught is modeled after Ron's 1939 [...]
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder will be the musical guests on tonight's (7/22) edition of The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, which airs on CBS at 12:30 a.m. (both Eastern and Pacific time). They will perform Toy Heart from Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass. This CD, released earlier this year, is Ricky's heartfelt tribute [...]
Online video of the SteelDrivers' performance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien this past Friday (7/18) can now be viewed on the NBC website. To see their segment, click the July 18 show link, and then you'll see a thumbnail image of the band in the video timeline. NBC maintains these archives for about two [...]
Mickey Harris, bass player with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, and his wife Crystal celebrated the birth of their first son last week. Jackson Cooper Harris was born on July 14, coming in at 8 lbs, 4 oz. He joins his big sister Mikayla (almost 2) in the family, and all are healthy and hale. [...]
With the annual IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention coming up (9/29-10/2), a number of instructional workshops have been scheduled in Nashville during that same time frame. Students of bluegrass instruments can take advantage of these opportunities during their visit, especially those who will travel some distance to Nashville for IBMA. The week just prior to [...]
