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Fireheart Records has just released their second CD from banjo player and songwriter, Chris Cairns. The new project, Hello Blue, contains both bluegrass favorites and original songs, with plenty of banjo instrumentals amidst the vocal offerings. Audio samples from each track can be found on Chris' web site, or at CDBaby.
Award-winning bassist Missy Raines is on tour this week in California with her band, The New Hip. This brief run to the west coast began yesterday (6/3) in Berkeley, and continues through the week with stops in Felton, San Deigo, Alta Dena and Culver City. Their appearances are sporadic, due to Missy's commitments as a [...]
Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass has recently embarked on a goodwill European tour, sponsored by the US State Department. They will perform in Moldova, Croatia, Georgia, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan during the month of June, before heading for The Dominican Republic in July. Big Hillbilly Bluegrass consists of leader Bob Perilla on guitar, Mike Munford on [...]
Rick Williams has a new free guitar/mandolin lesson up at BluegrassBooksOnline. This time out, he has arrangements of the popular fiddle tune, Big Sandy River. Two versions of the tune are available for both mandolin and guitar, with each version including tab, audio and video clips - all provided free of charge. As Rick explains [...]
The latest effort from noted bluegrass music author Neil Rosenberg, The Music Of Bill Monroe, which Richard Thompson profiled for us late last year, is now shipping from the University of Illinois Press. It was written in conjunction with the late Charles Wolfe. This is what might be described as a bio-discography, including a complete [...]
Last week we shared the sad news about the passing of Wallace Lewis, an original member of the storied Lewis Family. The family has posted a lovely remembrance page on their official web site, which includes the text of the eulogy delivered at his funeral, as well as links to his published obituary and an [...]
ukbluegrass.com has first hand reports on the recently-concluded European World Of Bluegrass in The Netherlands. Two British bands traveled to Voorthuizen to participate in the EWOB, and each wrote of their time at the convention. Both EWOB veterans, The New Essex Bluegrass Band, and newcomers, The Carrivick Sisters have posted their reports online. Read their [...]
Tom and Lucy Warlick have written a book on the WBT Briarhoppers, an "accidental" hillbilly band formed to perform on Charlotte, NC radio station WBT in 1934. The group was formed when an advertiser, Consolidated Drug Trade Company of Chicago, indicated a desire for a hillbilly-themed show. They remained on the air until 1951. The [...]
Andrea Bradstreet, who hosts a weekly bluegrass radio program on KRFC in Fort Collins, CO, asked us to pass the word about Live@Lunch. It's a live, in-studio music show which runs from noon to 1:00 p.m. (Mountain) weekdays, and on which KRFC invites any bluegrass acts touring in CO to perform. Their studio is large [...]
For the past 17 years, Johnny & Jeanette Williams have played and sung bluegrass music together all over the world. The husband/wife team has written and performed together through a number of band names, currently The Jeanette Williams Band. Jeanette's voice has always been the primary focus, while Johnny has labored behind the scenes with [...]
