Music

  • New clawhammer DVD from Mel Bay

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    Mel Bay has released a new DVD for clawhammer banjo, Unfortunate Puppy and Other Fine Tunes, taught by Hunter Robertson. The tunes are arranged for intermediate to advanced players and each is taught piece-by-piece, and then show in a split-screen format.

  • New banjo book from Berklee

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    David Hollender, professor at Berklee College of Music, is set to publish Beyond Bluegrass Banjo, a new book of exercises and improvisational explorations for banjo students at Berklee - or any other banjo player who wants to branch out from

  • Sierra Hull on WFDU

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    Sierra Hull will be a guest on Lonesome Pine RFD with Carol Beaugard on WFDU Friday morning (2/25) at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Carol tells us that she and Sierra will talk about Hull's upcoming CD, Daybreak, and play some of the

  • Herschel Sizemore to AL Hall of Fame

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    I spoke today with mandolin legend Herschel Sizemore, who shared that he has been elected to the Alabama Bluegrass Hall of Fame. He will be traveling to Bessemer, AL on March 18 for his official induction at the Bessemer Civic Center.

  • A Bluegrass Gospel Songbook

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    Rounder Records is set to release A Bluegrass Gospel Songbook on March 1, 2011. No, it's not an actual book, it's a CD. The disc features 13 tracks from some of the most loved bluegrass artists of recent years. There's not

  • Mountain Home signs Mountain Faith

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    Mountain Faith, a young family bluegrass Gospel group from western North Carolina, has signed on with Mountain Home Music to release a new album in May of 2011. The band consists of proud papa Sam McMahan on bass, along with his

  • Sierra Hull in 2011

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    Sierra Hull has a number of major milestones coming up this year. On March 8, Daybreak, her sophomore CD from Rounder Records is set to hit, and she is currently at work in Tennessee on her first music video in

  • Nothin’ Fancy finds new home

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    Popular Virginia group Nothin' Fancy was among the many recording acts left homeless when Pinecastle Records closed their doors a year ago. They are happy to announce today that they expect to shortly sign with the Virginia Dreams label, based

  • New Gospel album from Mike Scott

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    Mike Scott is known to most bluegrass fans as a banjo picker, having spent lengthy stints with Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass, Jim & Jesse and Ronnie Reno. But Scott is also a talented vocalist and songwriter with a

  • More bad news about music sales

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    You don't have to follow the music industry closely to encounter news reports about the continuing decline in sales of recorded music. Piracy, YouTube, video games, and a decline in the quality of popular music have all been offered to