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  • Headbanging with C-Sky

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    The Sound Kitchen has posted a new video from Cadillac Sky, one of several artists they represent. It's a sneak peek of a song from the band's next CD, which is being produced by Dan Auerbach, known for his work

  • Denver Post – thumbs up for Mandolin Concerto

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    The Denver Post has weighed in on the official debut of Chris Thile's Mandolin Concerto withthe Colorado Symphony on Thursday night (9/17). Kyle MacMillan, Denver Post Fine Arts Critic, was enthusiast about the piece, and hailed Thile as "up-and-coming classical composer

  • Sam Bush and his Major Award

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    Sam Bush was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday night by the Americana Music Association. His trophy was a handpainted Gibson mandolin - one of the new Sam Bush Limited Edition Inspired By ‘34 Fern models announced earlier

  • Who Shot Lester Monroe?

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    That's the question on the lips of almost everyone in the bluegrass world. OK... maybe not just yet. But when this new film debuts during the IBMA Fan Fest on October 2, it is sure to be a lively topic of

  • Béla Fleck live online

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    What a tough gig... Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer are touring in Hawaii, and we are all invited to join them today - in the cyber sense of the word. Their live show in Honolulu at the Road Runner

  • Lovell Sisters on the Opry

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    This has been quite a summer for The Lovell Sisters, a group of young bluegrass siblings from Georgia. Their latest CD, Time To Grow, was released on their own label, 2 DefPig Records, and they had an eventful tour season. This Saturday

  • Thile interview at violinist.com

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    Chris Thile will be debuting his new Mandolin Concerto with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in Denver this weekend. The piece, in three movements, was commissioned by the Colorado Symphony (and six other orchestras) for mandolin and orchestra. It is scored

  • Russell Moore in BMP

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    Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out grace the cover of the latest (Sept/Oct) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. Russell is also the subject of a feature interview, where he discusses the group's latest eponymous CD, his co-writing, how he spends his

  • The Great North Strum

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    A lot of readers were touched by the story of banjo teacher Patrick Costello regaining his hearing with an implant that transmits sound directly to the cochlea via bone conduction. After reading the story earlier this month, Mark Davies contacted

  • Valentine's Fall by Cary Fagan

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    Last week we had news of a new book of fiction based on the popular Del McCoury hit, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. Reading Mandolin Cafe this morning, we learned of another new novel with a bluegrass theme. Valentine's Fall is the