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Sugar Hill has released a music video ahead of tomorrow's CD drop for Bryan Sutton's The More I learn album. It's a live performance of the opening track, Walkin' Across This Land, where Bryan showcases his hybrid crosspicking style, blending aspects of guitar greats like Doc Watson and Norman Blake. This is one of nine [...]
Sugar Hill Records has announced a June 3 release for The More I Learn, the next CD from flatpicking guitar virtuoso, Bryan Sutton. As a follow-up to his highly successful 2014 album, Into My Own, the new project covers much of the same ground. Bryan is featured on lead vocals for a number of old timey [...]
Bryan Sutton was born to play the guitar. When it came to a career, he never had a Plan B. Not needed. Clearly. Thursday was Bryan’s day at the 42nd Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He lit up the stage early evening as part of the legendary Hot Rize: deftly delivering tunes such as Western Skies, Blue [...]
The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University hosted Bryan Sutton for a workshop on March 16, as part of their American Guitar series. Fortunately for those of us who couldn't attend, the Center has preserved the experience on a pair of roughly 30 minute videos. The discussion was led by Center Director Dr. Greg Reish. [...]
“John Hartford talked about the process of driving a river boat is not to look right in front of you, but to look a mile down the river.” Busy musical artists oft times become tangled in their own lack of long-range strategy. The majority of us in the pack fear the act of turning down [...]
When Bryan Sutton and his band appeared at the Fletcher Opera Theater in Raleigh, NC last month, he had a surprise guest in tow. Local resident Jim Mills, who had worked with Sutton as a member of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder some years ago, joined the group on stage for some spirited banjo playing. Fortunately, [...]
The last set of the night at the Red Hat Amphitheater on Friday, at Wide Open Bluegrass, was heaven. Billed as the Wide Open Jam, that was a rather modest description. It was the pinnacle. It was a fine Loar, or a fine pre-war Martin. It was as good as it gets. Period. Maybe that [...]
Hot Rize has released a single track from their upcoming reunion album, due sometime this Fall. It's Blue Is Falling, the opening track on the CD whose title has not yet been announced. The single (and the album) features three original members of the band, Tim O'Brien on mandolin, Pete Wernick on banjo, and Nick [...]
Bourgeois Guitars has announced their latest model, The Bryan Sutton Limited Edition (LE) Dreadnaught, which will be crafted in a limited run of thirty guitars. This is designed as a replica of Bryan's 1997 D-150 Bourgeois, the one he used during his time with Ricky Skaggs, and on his influential solo album Ready To Go in 2000. Their idea [...]
Sugar Hill has released a video sampler for Bryan Sutton's latest CD, Into My Own. It was shot during his album release party last month at Carter Fine Guitars in Nashville with many of the artists who performed on the record. Bryan handles guitar and lead vocals with Noam Pikelny on banjo, Casey Campbell on [...]
