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The nominees for the 50th Grammy Awards were announced today, and a number of bluegrass/acoustic artists see their names in the list. The nominees for the Best Bluegrass Album are: Cherryholmes II Black And White - Cherryholmes Lefty's Old Guitar - J.D. Crowe & The New South The Bluegrass Diaries - Jim Lauderdale Scenechronized - [...]
XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will debut their newly recorded episode of Studio Special on Friday (12/7) featuring Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. For many, this will be the first chance to hear the latest edition of The Rage, with Darrell Webb on guitar and vocals. The one hour program will include both live (in-studio) [...]
Flatpicking Guitar Records has two new CD releases which you may want to consider when contemplating gifts for your favorite flatpicker - or flatpicking fan. Plaidgrass is a band whose foundation concept is a mixture of Celtic music instrumentation with a bluegrass sensibility. The group is fronted by the husband/wife team of fiddler Gretchen Priest [...]
Jim Lauderdale has just wrapped up shooting and editing his new music video for This Is The Last Time I'm Ever Gonna' Hurt, from his current Yep Roc Records release, The Bluegrass Diaries. Shooting took place in the Fanny Mae Dees park in the Hillsboro Village neighborhood of Nashville - where Jim does Tai Chi [...]
Kentucky bluegrasser Don Rigsby and his wife Tina welcomed their son, Andrew, to the world on December 1. He was born just before 7:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, and landed at 6 lb. 9 oz. (19.5''). Congratulations to Don and Tina, and sister Sarah.
Also just up on the Rounder Records site is a brief interview with Rhonda Vincent regarding her upcoming CD, Good Thing Going. They discussed several aspects of the project's creation including recording at home, who she chose to track with her, and how the album got its start. Q: When did this project begin? Rhonda: [...]
Rounder has just posted audio samples for all 12 tracks on the widely-anticipated and self-titled debut release from Dailey & Vincent. There are also four full length tracks from the CD available for online listening on the band's MySpace page. Check out the online audio and see if you agree with the highly favorable review [...]
Another new CD we can expect in 2008 is Iron and Diamonds from The Gibson Brothers, due in March on Sugar Hill Records. It will feature seven new songs written by Eric and Leigh Gibson, plus covers from unexpected artists like Steve Earle and Tom Petty. The album was recorded with the touring band - [...]
We told you a few months back about a wonderful program called Cool Mandolins for Kids which tries to match up young pickers with mandolins that are gathering dust under someone's bed. The program is administered by Laura Leder, who manages the Cool Mandolin Company. She contacted us recently to say that the program has [...]
Mountain Heart is looking to take advantage of the early chart success that their latest CD, Road That Never Ends, has enjoyed with a music video for the title track. The new release appeared on the Billboard Bluegrass chart the first week it was out, and made it to the #1 spot recently on the [...]
