Music

  • Gangstagrass returns with new CD

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    Brance has posted a couple of times about Gangstagrass, the brainchild of New York artist Rench. His concept involves mixing the acoustic sound of bluegrass instruments and rhythms with hip hop beats and rhymes. It may not please purists in

  • The Boxcars – yeah baby!

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    This past Friday evening (5/14), I had the good fortune to catch The Boxcars at a small venue here in Roanoke. If you haven't heard the name, you will surely be hearing it soon. This is the latest bluegrass supergroup to

  • Sunnyside Drive from The Farewell Drifters

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    Here is the third video preview from Yellow Tag Mondays, the upcoming album by The Farewell Drifters. This time, it's Sunnyside Drive, an autobiographical sketch from the musical brothers Britt (Joshua and Clayton). The song is yet another relentlessly cheerful Drifters

  • Crooked Still – Some Strange Country

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    Yesterday (5/18) marked the release of the fine new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country on Signature Sounds. Like their several previous projects, this one combines a modified string band format (banjo, fiddle, bass, cello) with wispy vocals on a

  • Young Man, Old Soul – track by track

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    Lead singer and guitar player with the legendary Lonesome River Band, Brandon Rickman is a young man with an old soul. His solo CD by the same name, Young Man, Old Soul, is set for a Track by Track with

  • Jesse Daniel to Josh Williams Band

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    Mandolinist Jesse Daniel has joined The Josh Williams Band. The position has been open for several months, with a number of pickers handling the shows, and Josh is happy to have Jesse on board. Daniels is a native of Fyffe, AL