Music

  • Tony Trischka’s Great Big World

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    The banjo world is eagerly awaiting the next installment from 5 string magnifico Tony Trischka, Great Big World, due February 4 from Rounder. Trischka first emerged on the scene in the early 1970s as part of the eclectic string music scene

  • The Gabeharts release new CD

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    Jim and Valerie Gabehart have announced the release of their latest album, I was Raised in a Railroad Town.  The 12-track CD – there is a "bonus" track introducing daughter Amy Taylor doing one of her originals – includes four Gabehart

  • Sleigh Ride from Greg Booth

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    Alaskan reso-wizard Greg Booth has created a tradition of recording and distributing a dobro version of a Christmas classic each year. For 2013, it's Sleigh Ride, written by Leroy Anderson and popularized by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, with Amanda

  • Merry Christmas from The Mougins

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    The musical Mougin family has a lovely version of Silent Night they recorded for Christmas to share as a free download. Stephen, who plays guitar and sings with Sam Bush, tracked it in his studio (Dark Shadow Recording) with his talented

  • GAT3 Recording Program

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    The recent explosion of digital recording technology available to budget-minded amateur and small studio recordists has resulted in a similar burst in educational opportunities for those interested in working in the field. Everything from DVD instruction to four year degrees in

  • The Game from Blue Highway

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    For The Game, due from Rounder on January 21, Blue Highway has again put together an album of original material written within the band. Each of the five members have at least one track, with co-writes from such noted bluegrass

  • Choro tunes for banjo

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    American and European mandolinists have long been fond of choro, a form of instrumental folk music from Brazil in which the mandolin is prominent. It's a lively, two-beat sound, perfectly suited for dancing, with a beat and melodic style not unlike

  • Side By Side from Ralph and Ralph II

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    The Ralph Stanleys have a new album, Side By Side, set for a February 2014 release on Rebel Records. That would be the one-and-only Ralph Stanley, and his bluegrass singing son, Ralph Stanley II, more commonly known as "Two." Two worked