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The latest CD from Audie Blaylock and Redline, I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky, was released this past Monday (5/30). As we had mentioned in earlier posts, this one is a concept album, a Bill Monroe tribute. It was recorded with Blaylock's touring band, and special guests Ronnie McCoury on mandolin, Jason Carter and Glen [...]
Rural Rhythm has released a very special project for Bobby Osborne, commemorating his 60th year as a bluegrass performer. Memories: Celebrating Bobby’s 60th Anniversary as a Professional Entertainer features 14 new recordings of both new songs and classics from the Osborne repertoire. Old favorites like Ruby, Rocky Top, With A Pain In My Heart, and [...]
Attention Monroe mando maniacs... If you missed the 2010 Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp faculty concert in Owensboro, KY in September, you can catch it live tonight (12/11)at 9:00 p.m. (EST) on WINN-FM, broadcasting at 88.3 FM from Evansville, IN and via live streaming online. The show will feature performances by camp directors Mike Compton and Richard [...]
A first single has been released from Bobby Osborne's upcoming 60th Anniversary album on Rural Rhythm, Memories: Celebrating Bobby’s 60th Anniversary as a Professional Entertainer. The project will be a mix of newly recorded material and classic tracks from Osborne's six decades in the biz. The single is Bring Back Yesterday, recorded with Bobby's touring [...]
Bobby Osborne will be recognized next month during the graduation ceremony for the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music in Hazard, KY on May 15. He will receive an honorary Associate Degree in Human Letters from Dr. Allen Goben, President and CEO of the Hazard Community and Technical College where the Bluegrass and Traditional [...]
The bluegrass music industry has been hit hard by the sudden announcement on January 29 that Pinecastle Records was shutting down, with only 2 days notice. The decision was made by the family of Tom Riggs, who founded the company in 1989, and triggered by their recognition that Tom would require 24 hour managed care [...]
Bobby Osborne has announced that resonator guitarist Tim Graves has rejoined The Rocky Top X-Press, returning a year after he had recently departed. He had worked off and on with Bobby since 2001 when he joined The Osborne Brothers. Graves is the nephew of the legendary slide man Josh Graves who all-but defined the reso [...]
Bobby Osborne will be starting out the new year with a new label and plans for two new CD releases. He has signed with Rural Rhythm Records and is already hard at work on his first release with the California-based record company. Osborne tells us that both projects will be recorded with his touring group, [...]
Host Bob Webster will feature an interview with bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne on this week's (3/29) edition of Stained Glass Bluegrass on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. Osborne's new CD, Bluegrass & Beyond, will be released on Rounder this Tuesday (3/31), and Bob and Bobby will discuss the two Gospel tracks from this album during the interview, [...]
Among the forthcoming releases from Rounder Records is Bobby Osborne's third album for the label. Entitled Bluegrass & Beyond (Rounder 0603), the CD is scheduled to be available for general purchase on March 31. For this 12-track album, Osborne, with his band The Rocky Top X-Press, mixes straight ahead bluegrass, some soulful Gospel and a [...]
