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The Knoxville Trivia Blog has posted an interview with Knoxville native, and current Carolina Road guitarist, Jerry Butler. They talk about Jerry's early days with the Knoxville Newgrass Boys, life on the road, and the new CD with Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, with the appropriate title, Carolina Road. The site is dedicated to all [...]
Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Gulley will join Gracie Muldoon on WorldWideBluegrass.com on Friday (4/20) at 1:30 p.m. (EDT) for a wide-ranging interview. They will surely talk about Steve's new solo project, Sounds Like Home, recently released on Lonesome Day Records. In addition to Steve's take on a number of bluegrass classics and some new compositions of [...]
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the list of acts which have been invited to showcase at the 2007 World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville (October 1-7). Circuit Riders Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper featuring Audie Blaylock Grass Cats Grasstowne The Faris Family Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain Sierra Hull & Highway 111 Claire Lynch [...]
I'll be teaching at this weekend's Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy near Gatlinburg, TN so my posting over the weekend (and early next week) may be a bit light. There is still room for a few more registrants if any banjo pickers are looking for something to do this weekend. My fellow faculty members include Eddie [...]
Here's a great new CD we had neglected to mention when it was released last month. It's the debut release from Hunter Berry, the dynamic young fiddler with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, with the appropriate title, Wow Baby. The recording is a mix of vocal and instrumental tracks, including fiddle favorites like Ragtime Annie, [...]
Next Tuesday (4/24), Belmont University will host the 3rd annual Leadership Music Digital Summit, an intensive one day conference "dedicated to the business, creative and legal issues of digital music." Conference sessions will include discussions and presentations on such timely issues as intellectual property, licensing, digital rights management, use of mobile phones for licensed content, [...]
We just got a note from our friend Katy Daly at BluegrassCountry.org with word about an interview segment that will be running the rest of this month in their 24/7 bluegrass audio stream. Spring is a special time of year for Sam Bush. He celebrated his 55th birthday on April 13th AND it's baseball season! [...]
The widely-anticipated Stanley Brothers collection from Time-Life which we told you about earlier this year, is scheduled for release later this week. The Stanley Brothers - The Definitive Collection (1947-1966) will ship on April 19, a three CD set with a 40 page, color booklet, which includes selections that span their entire recording career. This [...]
Thanks to one of readers, who pointed out yet another artist who uses musical - and often bluegrass - themes in their work. The artist is Karen Cannon, and she offers prints, posters, cards and even coffee mugs using her original musical paintings. Karen spent many years working as a designer in the greeting card [...]
In bluegrass circles, we are accustomed to the band member merry-go-round that occurs every few years. The Winter of '06/'07 has been an especially volatile one in this respect, and it seems that there are still a few shoes left hanging in the air. The newest entry in the 2006 Bluegrass Band Sweepstakes is Flash [...]
