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  • Terry Baucom retiring from the road

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    Terry Baucom, one of the most iconic and important banjo players of the past five decades, has announced his intention of retiring from active touring. He will make one last appearance this weekend with his band, The Dukes of Drive,

  • The Toolbox from Jason Barie

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    Billy Blue Records has a new single from fiddlin' Jason Barie, also known on his recorded projects as The Ramblin' Fiddler. We see him mostly these days performing with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, but Jason is a recording

  • Bob Mummert passes

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    Bob Mummert, 69, drummer with Dailey & Vincent, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, August 26. The band shared this statement. "Today, our longtime friend and drummer, Bob Mummert, has passed. We are beyond shocked and devastated. At this time, we'd like to

  • Michael Keith passes

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    A slightly different version of this obituary had appeared in the Key West, FL Keys News. John Michael Keith, of Sebring, Florida, died July 11, 2023, following heart surgery. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he wrote a number of popular

  • Coming Home To You from Dalton Harper

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    Skyline Records has a new single today for Dalton Harper, surely among the smoothest and most expressive young singers in bluegrass right now. Harper is also a first rate songwriter, who composed this latest release, Coming Home To You, about

  • Jerry Fretwell passes

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    Popular Virginia bass player and retail operator Jerry Fretwell died on August 22. He was 79 year of age, and had been hospitalized at Augusta Health in Fishersville, VA. Born Jerald Ray Fretwell in Stuarts Draft, VA, he served in the

  • Willow – latest from Sister Sadie

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    For the third single from their next Mountain Home Music album, Sister Sadie has chosen one written by country artist Ashley McBryde called Willow. It's a mighty lonesome number that plays with the concept of the weeping willow, and several other

  • My Picasso from Edgar Loudermilk

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    Pinecastle Records has a new single this week for the Edgar Loudermilk Band, one written by Rick Lang and Jerry Eicher called My Picasso. It's the story of Picasso, surely the most notorious wild horse in modern times, whose movements around

  • My Last Run drops for Henhouse Prowlers

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    Chicago's Henhouse Prowlers have another example of their urban bluegrass style this week on a new single from Dark Shadow Recording. Though they've been active for 17 years as a band, working an absurd number of dates, the Prowlers have really