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Dobro master Mike Auldridge and Infamous Stringdusters bass man Travis Book share their insights in the two most recent editions of Musicians Tips on BluegrassCountry.org. Travis talks about taking bass solos, while Mike's tips focus on questions of sound reinforcement. Previous episodes have included tips on stage presence from Bill Emerson and Sonya Isaacs and [...]
Today's (9/30) edition of The Chicago Sun-Times has an interview with Merle Haggard, primarily about his upcoming CD release, The Bluegrass Sessions, due out this coming Tuesday (10/2) on McCoury Music. In the interview, the Sun-Times' Dave Hoekstra talks with the Hag about his interest in bluegrass, and how he came to record this new [...]
We just got a note from Jamie Dailey to say that their official band web site is now up and operational at www.daileyvincent.com. You can check their performance schedule, read biographical information on each of the band members and find out how to contact them for bookings or media requests. No audio samples yet, but [...]
Country and bluegrass stalwart Marty Stuart has signed on to host a one hour weekly radio program on XM Satellite Radio. Marty Stuart's American Odyssey will debut on Friday, October 5 at 8:00 a.m. on XM's classic country channel, America (track 10). Marty plans to showcase a wide variety of American music styles - traditional [...]
The first new set of post-Nickel Creek dates for Punch Brothers, the latest nom de guerre for Chris Thile's merry band of super-pickers, have been posted online. They show one date in New York City next weekend, a New Years Eve show in Chicago and a smattering of festival and concert stops in early 2008. [...]
It has just been announced that The Dailey Vincent Band (Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent) have signed with Rounder Records to release their debut, self-titled CD in January 2008. In addition to Jamie and Darrin, the band features Jeff Parker on mandolin, Joe Dean on banjo and Adam Haynes on fiddle. Most of our readers [...]
Updated from an earlier posting... re-updated 2:25 p.m. to correct some errors. Tomorrow, September 28, The Grascals will be guests on The Big Show, more commonly known as The John Boy & Billy Show. It airs from 6:00-10:00 a.m. (eastern) on dozens of stations in the southern US, many of whom offering live audio streaming [...]
Sam Bush will be a guest host this evening on Sirius Bluegrass, warming up for next week's IBMA convention in Nashville, where Sam will serve as host for the International Bluegrass Music Awards on October 4. Sam takes over at 5:00 p.m. today (9/27) for an hour of talk and music. He'll spin tracks of [...]
Brance told us back in February about the imminent debut of The Dailey Vincent Band, jointly fronted by former Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver singer Jamie Dailey, and long time Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder singer Darrin Vincent. Though they won't start touring until January of 2008, they will be a featured performer at the IBMA [...]
XM Satellite Radio has announced that they will begin carrying the WSM radio's Eddie Stubbs Show and the Tuesday, Friday and Saturday broadcasts from The Grand Ole Opry starting in October. The shows will be carried live on XM Track 11 (Nashville), and XM also plans to make individual Opry performances available for broadcast on [...]
