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Kyle Cantrell, host of XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction (track 14), passed along news about a few special programs and features coming up this week on XM. The current edition of Studio Special, XM's live-in-the studio bluegrass show, airs tonight (11/5) at 8:00 p.m. Cherryholmes is the featured guest, offering both live performance and some [...]
The US Navy Band, Country Current, has announced an opening for the position of pedal steel guitar player in the country line up of the band. More pertinent to bluegrass music though, is the news that Master Chief Musician Wayne Taylor has made plans to retire in the early part of 2008. Taylor's retirement will [...]
The guys from the US Navy Bluegrass Band, Country Current, are the featured guests this week on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Special series on XM Satellite Radio (Channel 14 - Bluegrass Junction). The show aired this morning at 8 AM EST, but will be aired again several times in the next week. Here's a list of [...]
Listen now: [http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/ep48_frank_solivan_ii.mp3] (IE users click to activate) This episode of The GrassCast features an interview with Frank Solivan II. Frank plays in the Navy band Country Current. He performs on mandolin and fiddle when the band is doing bluegrass and also plays electric guitar in the country version of the band. In the interview [...]
The recent IBMA Awards Show in Nashville resulted in some controversy surrounding the performance of some patriotic material performed by the US Navy Band, Country Current. You'll find all the details in our previous posts here and here. There is also a very popular post in The B on the topic. While the controversy had [...]
This morning's edition of The Tennessean, Nashville's primary daily newspaper, has a story about the turmoil that has erupted inside the IBMA leadership over the performance by the US Navy band Country Current during last week's International Bluegrass Music Awards. I suppose that any hopes that this story would stay out of the mainstream press [...]
A number of people have contacted us, asking about the controversy during last week's International Bluegrass Music Awards, or wondering why we haven't covered it on Bluegrass Today. Both Brance and I were at the show (live blogging backstage), and had the chance to watch the controversy develop, before, during and after the show itself. [...]
Here are the rest of the photos from last night's Awards Show. Photos by Tami Roth © 2006 Vince Gill with The Del McCoury Band Del McCoury and Vince Gill Rhonda Vincent Joe Wheatley, Country Current Frank Solivan II, Country Current Tim O'Brien accepts as Male Vocalist Marty Stuart improvises when the audio goes out [...]
As we did last year, we will be publishing the full schedule for IBMA's World Of Bluegrass and Fan Fest in a searchable, printable format here on Bluegrass Today. This will allow attendees to pre-plan both their daytime and after-hours schedule, a big help during such a busy, and event-rich week of activities. If you [...]
