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Get yours while the gettin's good! We've posted here previously about Road That Never Ends - The Live Album, the new CD project from Mountain Heart - and their first live release. It is due on October 23 on Rural Rhythm Records and was recorded May 26 at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI where [...]
Andy Falco has been getting a lot of attention this past couple of months. As the newest member of The Infamous Stringdusters, stepping in when Chris Eldridge left to join up with Chris Thile, he was scrutinized - and not found wanting - by their loyal fan base. What an opportune time for his solo [...]
Mandolinist John Frazier, a founding member of Hit & Run Bluegrass, has accepted a position with The John Cowan Band. John is a Philadelphia native, and joined Hit & Run after he moved to Colorado to attend college - where he discovered bluegrass music and the mandolin. He and his Hit & Run bandmate (and [...]
Just before we left for IBMA earlier this month, I promised that Brance and I would spend our traveling time listening to a stack of new CDs we had received, and pass along some comments. While we did do our dutiful listening, we ended up with so many new CDs at IBMA that we are [...]
More than 60 banjo players will converge in the small town of Cumberland Furance, TN this weekend for the 7th Annual NashCamp Banjo Retreat. Hosted by Sonny Osborne and Bill Evans, this year's camp also features multi-IBMA award winner Tony Trischka, Alan Munde, Ned Luberecki, Kristin Scott-Benson and Frank Neat. Camp director is Cindy Sinclair, [...]
A new bluegrass video web site, Pickin' & Grinnin,' is officially launched today (10/17), offering members the opportunity to upload and share videos with other bluegrass and old time music lovers. The site is operated by Robert Croft a retired firefighter from north central Georgia. We spoke briefly with Robert at IBMA, and he said [...]
Thursday afternoon's edition of Talk of the Nation will include time with The Del McCoury Band. The show (talk/news format) airs each weekday on many National Public Radio affiliate stations at 3:00 p.m. (eastern). The McCourys will appear during the Performance Chat segment on October 18, where they will pick and sing live in the [...]
We had posted back in August when Chris Thile and his merry band of super pickers announced a three day string of shows at Nashville's fabled Station Inn. They were, at the time of that posting, billed as The Tensions Mountain Boys, but within a few weeks their rebirth as The Punch Brothers had been [...]
While we were in Nashville for the IBMA convention earlier this month, I had occasion to speak with Kyle Cantrell, on-air host and program director for XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (track 14), which broadcasts bluegrass music 24/7 to XM subscribers. Kyle caught me up on XM Nashville's plans to move soon into new facilities, [...]
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs were honored last night as they were inducted into Nashville Songwriters Association International's Hall Of Fame at their 38th Annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony. Marty Stuart inducted Flatt & Scruggs, recalling how he joined Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass when he was 13 years old. The [...]
