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  • Mac Wiseman breaks a leg

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    In show business the phrase "Break a leg" is used frequently to encourage a performer by wishing them good luck without saying "good luck," which is considered bad luck. Unfortunately, Mac Wiseman literally broke his right femur just above the knee

  • Darren Beachley to leave Quicksilver

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    Darren Beachley has announced that he will be leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the end of this month. Here is his statement about the move... "I will be leaving the group at the end of January. It was a life long

  • County Clare

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    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Songwriter Profile – Tim Stafford

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    This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. What do Money in the Bank, Union Man, Snapshots and Souvenirs and Always Never

  • Into the South

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    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Love, Lost and Found

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    Lost and Found will have their new CD, Love, Lost and Found, released on Rebel Records on March 24. This will be their first CD in 7 years, and the first since the tragic loss of original mandolinist Dempsey Young

  • Matt Leadbetter to Brand New Strings

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    Knoxville, TN based Brand New Strings has hired Matt Leadbetter to play resonator guitar with the group, bringing them back up to five pieces. Matt had been working with Marty Raybon, and prior to that, with Lonesome River Band. Knoxville is

  • Nothin’ Fancy – Lord Bless This House

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    Among the forthcoming releases from Pinecastle Records is a collection of a dozen Gospel songs from Nothin' Fancy. The Virginia band has seven previous albums, three of which have been released on the Pinecastle label. Lord Bless This House (PRC 1162)

  • 48 hours!

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    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Saturday Night Waltz from Joe Walsh

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    Young mandolinist Joe Walsh has found himself mentioned several times of late on Bluegrass Today. We posted a report in May 2006 when Joe was still a student at the Berklee College Of Music, and performed with other Berklee bluegrassers at