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Rebel Records has reissued two more bluegrass classics as download only releases, available only from eMusic and iTunes. Both were originally released on LP in the early-to-mid 1970s. Folks these days know Ricky Skaggs as a successful band leader, vocalist and mandolinist, but when That's It was released in 1975, Skaggs was a journeyman bluegrass [...]
The latest release from Mike Marshall & Darol Anger, Woodshop, is released today on Adventure Music. In addition to Anger on violins and Marshall on mandolins and guitar, the new project also features Phil Aaberg on piano, Aaron Johnston on percussion, and the round robin of Todd Phillips, Michael Manring and Todd Sickafoose on bass. [...]
The video is now up of the recent appearance by Special Consensus on Michael Jonathan's Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. Special C shared the bill with folk/country singer Elizabeth Cook, and performed songs from their upcoming Pinecastle CD, The Trail Of Aching Hearts, due for a May 15th release. You can see the video from [...]
Continental Divide banjo picker Dale Perry is the most recent respected 5 string pro to sign on as a Huber Banjos endorser. He joins such top banjo players as Sammy Shelor, Jim Mills, Ron Block, Cia Cherryholmes, Jason Burleson and Greg Cahill on the Huber artist roster. Dale selected a Huber Kalamazoo model, and has [...]
Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone shared a series of banjo travelogues with our readers during his recent musical journey through West Africa. Jayme was traveling on a Chalmers Arts Fellowship grant to research the music of African musicians who perform on banjo-like instruments, and will embark soon on a recording based on these musical explorations. [...]
There is a new video from The Infamous Stringdusters up on YouTube. It was shot by Craig Havighurst while the band was touring in Colorado in April, and shows them doing an in-studio performance of Can't Get You Out Of My Mind at KSUT in Durango, CO. Here's how the 'Dusters describe it on their [...]
For any bluegrass artists, labels or bands with some CD promos to spare, here's a chance to help out some bluegrass-friendly radio folks in a tight spot. Dwayne Amburgey hosts a 5 hour show each Saturday morning on WSGS FM, a 100,000 watt station in Hazard, KY. Their format features a mix of classic country [...]
Our friend Dale Morris sent along a note recently to let us know about a new CD from the Wolfe Bros., a fine old time band from Elk Creek, VA. The new project is Old Virginia Hills, released on Old Virginia Records. Dale says that the new CD features a roughly half-and-half mix of old [...]
Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson and resonator guitarist David Miner are set to tour in Ireland from July 13-29, 2007. The tour will include concerts as well as workshops on Dobro and songwriting. You can find dates, info and links to their Irish tour dates on Gary and David's MySpace page, where promoters and venues can [...]
We see two great bluegrass offerings available via streaming online audio for Friday, May 4. First up at noon (EDT) is a live performance by James Reams & The Barnstormers on WDVX's Blue Plate Special. The show airs in Knoxville, TN at 89.9 FM, and listeners worldwide can catch the show via live streaming from [...]
