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Glenn Gibson has announced he will not be continuing as resonator guitarist with Marty Raybon and Full Circle in the 2010 season. He had worked as a member of Full Circle for well over a year and can be heard

The Chapmans and Compass Records have announced that they will be working together in 2010. Mandolinist Jeremy Chapman tells us that a new album has been completed, and is expected in the near future. "We're very excited to be working with Alison,

One full scholarship to Pete Wernick's Advanced Banjo Camp (1/18-23/10) is still available. Three such scholarships have already been awarded for the 2010 camp, but another has just recently been announced. Move quickly if you want to apply, however. The application

Well that didn't take long... Adam Haynes is barely gone from Dailey & Vincent, and has now hooked up with The Larry Stephenson Band. He'll be playing fiddle and sharing in the vocal duties along with Kyle Perkins on bass, Kevin

Dailey & Vincent have announced that Jesse Stockman has joined the band playing fiddle. Stockman had been playing with The Isaacs this past four years, and before that was with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. He hails from New Mexico, where he

Make that two headstocks... We heard from Alan Bibey this weekend with an update about the twin mandolin CD he is recording with Wayne Benson. This project has been a long time in coming, with these two top pickers getting together

Ralph Stanley has been in the studio this month, working on a new album for Rebel Records, one which he has intimated may be his last. This will be an all-Gospel project, produced by his son Ralph Stanley II. Ralph is

We just heard from Greg Cahill, Special Consensus founder and fearless leader, about how they are spending their Christmas vacation... "Just a note to let you know that we are in Brent Truitt's Nashville studio this week recording 6 new songs

Here's some more fallout from The Boxcars supernova... Justin Jenkins, who had been playing banjo with Blue Moon Rising, will not be continuing with the group when it reforms in 2010. Along with Keith Garret and Harold Nixon - who have

The dust is starting to settle from the bluegrass winter personnel rotations. The Expedition Show, formerly Williams & Clark Expedition, welcomes mandolinist Alex Hibbitts from Johnson City, TN to the band. Alex, 23 years old, is a recent graduate of East