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Audio samples for all 13 tracks of the upcoming debut project from Grasstowne, The Road Headin' Home, are now posted on the band's web site. Grasstowne is made up of Steve Gulley on guitar, Alan Bibey on mandolin, Phil Leadbetter on resonator guitar, Jason Davis on banjo and Lee Sawyer on bass. The band was [...]
Steve Gulley will join XM Satellite Radio's Kyle Cantrell this week to preview his new CD, Sounds Like Home. It is due for release on Lonesome Day Records on April 17, and Steve and Kyle will play through all the tracks, mixed with with Steve's thoughts and comments about the songs. The show will run [...]
The current issue of Teen Strings magazine has a story titled How To Train For A Fiddle Contest. It's written by John Boulware, who at age 19 is the 2006 Tennessee fiddle champ. Teen Strings is a quarterly print magazine from String Letter Publishing, who also publishes Strings Magazine. The magazine is produced in cooperation [...]
The David Grisman Quintet has announced that noted jazz guitarist Frank Vignola will be joining the group. Frank has been working as a professional musician since he was in his teens, doing clubs and sessions in and around his native New York City. He recorded and toured with a number of big selling artists, but [...]
Bill Evans is surely one of bluegrass music's most widely regarded banjo instructors, having taught hundreds of students, both privately and at camps and workshops all over the world. He has been featured in two popular instructional DVDs from AcuTab, and is the author of the upcoming Banjo For Dummies book from Wiley Publishing. His [...]
The Dixie Bee-Liners have a nice feature up on Gibson's web site. It gives an overview of the band - and their story of meeting and starting a bluegrass band in New York, and then moving to Virginia - along with a photo of Brandi Hart and Buddy Woodward touring the Gibson custom shop. It [...]
The pair of Flatt & Scruggs DVDs we posted about in January are officially out this week, and the first reviews are coming in. Both The Raleigh News & Observer and Americana Roots have weighed in on the value of these two DVDs of previously unreleased footage, taken from Flatt & Scruggs television appearances in [...]
Blue Plate Special has a special 90 minute edition of the program on tap for Friday (3/30) on WDVX. It's a triple bill featuring live (in studio) performances from The Jerry Douglas Band, Kenny & Amanda Smith and Missy Raines and the New Hip. Each will get a 30 minute spot, and it's not clear [...]
King Wilkie, the Charlottesville, VA-based string based whose multiple personality shifts defy description, have announced June 26 as the release date for their upcoming CD, Low Country Suite, their first for Rounder imprint, Zoe Records. The band got its start in traditional bluegrass, combining a love for the old sound with youth and a fashionista [...]
Making Music Magazine is a glossy, bi-monthly print publication dedicated to the amateur musician and the pursuit of their musical goals. Now in their third year, the magazine means to provide stories of inspiration as well as tips to assist folks whose primary career is outside of music - and help them have fun learning [...]
