Music

  • Aaron Williams: Inside

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    Kenny Smith is a name known well to bluegrass fans interested in instrumental prowess. Mr. Smith has won numerous awards, including a brace of IBMA trophies for Guitar Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999. Smith currently fronts his

  • Scheerhorn CD due in June

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    Jimmy Ross tells us that the Scheerhorn guitar showcase CD he tipped us to last year is nearly ready to go. It will include 16 tracks which feature top resonator guitarists performing on instruments built by Tim Scheerhorn. A June release

  • Songwriters Bill of Rights

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    ASCAP, more fully known as The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, recently launched A Bill of Rights for Songwriters and Composers. The document contains 10 "core principles" that ASCAP hopes will serve to remind their members, the public,

  • Scott Napier checks in

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    We heard yesterday from Scott Napier, one of the busiest guys in bluegrass music. He's currently playing mandolin with both Marty Raybon & Full Circle and Lost and Found. He tells us that the next CD from Lost and Found is

  • Ron Block on Sierra Hull

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    Today (5/6) marks the official release of Secrets, Sierra Hull's debut on Rounder. This sixteen year old wunderkind has been wowing audiences for at least the past six years, sitting in with leading artists like Alison Krauss, Sam Bush, Ricky

  • Chris Warner is Back Again

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    Banjo players - and fans of Jimmy Martin - know Chris Warner for his driving style and hard hitting approach to the five string. Chris worked twice for Martin as a member of his Sunny Mountain Boys, from 1967-69, and

  • Williams & Clark Expedition CD release

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    Williams & Clark Expedition, the Franklin, Kentucky-based quartet, has announced the forthcoming release of their latest CD, Brand New Set Of Blues, due on May 15. The band comprises a former member of Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass and a Blue Grass

  • Punch Brothers at berklee.edu

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    Our friend Dave Hollender gave us a nice report last month after Chris Thile and Punch Brothers offered a clinic at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on April 7. Dave shared some photos and a nice run down

  • Randy Kohrs adds new band members

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    Award winning dobro player and band leader, Randy Kohrs, has just added a couple new faces to the line up of his band, The Lites. UPDATE: We just heard from Ashley Brown, Randy's fiddle player, that the band name has been

  • Ashby Frank – hometown hero

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    Who says you can't go home again? Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank is profiled in his hometown paper, The Lexington Dispatch, in Davidson County, NC. Ashby was raised in nearby Tyro, and is given the hero's welcome in the this lengthy