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We posted in late March about a CD from John Prine and Mac Wiseman, Standard Songs for Average People. It was released last week (4/24) on Prine's Oh Boy Records, and there is an excerpt on YouTube of an interview with John and Mac from the Cowboy Jack Clement radio show on Sirius. A review [...]
Anytime I teach at banjo workshops - or spend time with serious beginner-to-intermediate pickers - I hear questions about the best way to learn something about music theory - the structure and "rules" that govern how we define musical tones as being in harmony with one another. A new book from Wiley Publishing - the [...]
As part of the official welcoming ceremony for the Queen of England's visit to Virginia, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys will headline a special tribute to the state's musical heritage. The show is scheduled for 1:00-5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 in Richmond's Capitol Square, and the public is invited to attend. Bluegrass [...]
Colorado Case Company has announced an agreement to purchase Cavallaro Case Covers, makers of the Small Dog Case Cover line. The merger is expected to be concluded by July 1, 2007, with the Medford, MA facilities of Cavallaro being relocated to Fort Collins, CO where Colorado Case is headquartered. Both companies have specialized in manufacturing [...]
CMT.com is reporting that McCoury Music has signed an exclusion distribution deal with RED Distribution. McCoury Music was formed to release the recordings of bluegrass superstar Del McCoury when he left Rounder Records in 2003. They are also set to release the new CD from Larry Sparks, The Last Suit You Wear, tomorrow (5/1), and [...]
The Road Headin' Home, the first recording from Grasstowne, can now be ordered from the band's web site. The new CD won't be officially released until June on Pinecastle Records, but the band has copies now for immediate shipping. Radio promos were mailed last week, so you should start hearing more from this new release [...]
Larry Stephenson is on the cover of the May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The accompanying article has Larry talking about his latest release, Life Stories, an upcoming Gospel project, the members of his touring band, and his recent induction into the Southern Legends Entertainment & Performing Arts Hall Of Fame. He also discusses dealing [...]
As we could have predicted, a video capture of the recent triple banjo performance on The Late Show with David Letterman has made its way to YouTube. The clip is taken from Wednesday's program (4/26) and features Steve Martin, Tony Trischka and Bela Fleck playing Martin's The Crow, one of 14 double banjo pieces on [...]
We've reported several times this year about the many personnel changes going on within Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, with both Terry Baucom and Mike Hartgrove leaving, and Jamie Dailey announcing his departure by the end of 2007. But to paraphrase the old Timex watch commercial, Doyle takes a lickin', and keeps on pickin'. Chris Warner [...]
Speaking of Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby... Yesterday's edition of The New York Times carried a review of their concert this Tuesday night in the Big Apple. Mr. Hornsby, who is fluent in piano idioms from gospel to modern jazz, aligned his solos with bluegrass timing — fast, twinkling, unsyncopated lines, sometimes playing parallel to [...]
