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The new CD from Paul Williams & The Victory Trio, Where No One Stands Alone, which Richard Thompson previewed for us last month, is now available on Rebel Records. Paul is one of the true treasures of bluegrass music, having been an active tenor singer, mandolinist and songwriter since the 1950s. He now focuses entirely [...]
Brance mentioned last month - just ahead of the Merlefest weekend - that a number of live onlive audio streams would be available from the festival, and that audio archives would be available as well after the fact. You can find these archives at Martha's Vineyard Radio (mvyradio.com) where a mix of stage shows, workshops, [...]
Skaggs Family Records has indicated that June 12 is the official release date for the long awaited sophomore release from Cherryholmes on their label. The CD has been promoted for some time with the title, Cherryholmes II, but as you can see from the CD cover, it has both that and Black And White displayed [...]
If you've tried to find Wildfire online recently, you will have surely noticed that their web site is down. One might be forgiven for suspecting that they had thrown in the towel after seeing first Phil Leadbetter, and then Darrell Webb, Andy Ruff and Barry Crabtree depart to pursue other opportunities. But remaining original members [...]
This past weekend saw the awarding of the prizes for European bluegrass bands at the European World of Bluegrass festival, and we are delighted to see that G2, a young Swedish band we recommended to you all last fall, came away with the top honors. They were selected as the European Bluegrass Band for 2007, [...]
Sammy Shelor has just posted some live video clips on the Lonesome River Band web site, shot this past March at the Moncton High School in Moncton, NB. The video was shot by an audience member with a handheld camera, but he does a good job and the audio is quite good. Five songs are [...]
Brance and I had the good fortune to attend last night's concert in Salem, VA by Tony Rice with Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas. That's a long name for a concert bill, but with the stature of the various artists slated to perform, what else could you call it? Their two hour [...]
Mountain Heart is set to start work next week on their next CD - a live recording to be tracked at a number of shows over the next few weeks. Mandolinist Adam Steffey told us this morning that they had long wanted to record a live project, and that fans had been asking at shows [...]
If you ever doubted that bluegrass music and NASCAR share more than just a fan base, this story may change your mind. We received a note the other day from Lee Hendrix, who was on the winning team at the Doyle Lawson Golf Scramble, held on the Thursday (5/10) before the 27th Annual Doyle Lawson [...]
Jimbo Whaley has a combo CD/DVD project set for release this weekend, An Evening With Jimbo Whaley & Friends. It was recorded (filmed) live at the Smith Family Theater in Pigeon Forge, TN in March of this year, and the new release includes both an audio CD and a concert DVD of the show. Whaley [...]
