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Yesterday we had news about Terry Baucom departing Dale Ann Bradley's band, and today we have word about Mike Sumner stepping in to fill the void. Mike is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Banjo Championship in Winfield, KS. His solo CD, Winds Of Winfield, was released in 2007 and it shows Mike's facility [...]
Song of the Mountains is broadcasting some good bluegrass this weekend on public television stations. This weekend's episode features both Dale Ann Bradley and The Circuit Riders. At the time of taping, Dale Ann had Gena Britt Tew on banjo, Jeremy Abshire on fiddle, Tim Laughlin on mandolin, Charles Fields on bass, and Randall Conn [...]
Dale Ann Bradley graces the cover of the latest edition of Bluegrass Unlimited. The August 2009 issue also includes a lengthy article about Bradley by Larry Nager, which chronicles her career in bluegrass from her early days with the New Coon Creek Girls through her latest compass CD, Don't Turn Your Back, and her ongoing [...]
Today's Wall Street Journal has an article on Alison Brown and her company, Compass Records, that also includes brief interviews with three Compass artists who have recent releases - Dale Ann Bradley, Missy Raines, and Brown herself. The article - The Sisterhood of Bluegrass by Barry Mazor - discusses how the bluegrass/acoustic world has warmed [...]
The video for Don't Turn Your Back, the title track from Dale Ann Bradley's new CD on Compass, is making waves at CMT Pure. She beat out country heavyweights Taylor Swift, Keith Urban and Alan Jackson polling #2 in last week's voting. Online viewers are invited to pick their favorite videos from a much longer [...]
Don't Turn Your Back, the latest release from Dale Ann Bradley, has already become one of my favorite releases of 2009. It is full of terrific songs, played by a solid group of backing musicians, transparently recorded at Compass Studios... oh, and featuring one of the most passionate and engaging bluegrass vocal performances I've heard [...]
Compass Records has released a video for the title track of Dale Ann Bradley's superb new album, Don't Turn Your Back. It was shot and directed by Matt Zervos, a 20 year old filmmaker who approached Dale Ann directly about the concept. She told Bill Rosenberger of The Herald-Dispatch in Huntington, WV that it was [...]
Terry Baucom is the new banjo player with Dale Ann Bradley. He has been doing most of her shows this past few months, and with a few exceptions, will be with her for all live appearances in the foreseeable future. Though they had been acquainted for some time, Terry had not performed with Dale Ann [...]
Pam Gadd has been a bluegrass trooper for more years than she may care to admit. As a youngster, she was drawn to the sound of the music at the festivals she attended with her family. She soon had a banjo in her hand, and learned to play the driving Scruggs style as she also [...]
The Pick One concert tour we told you about in December has largely come and gone, taking a star-studded bluegrass package show to Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia in early January. Instead of presenting bands that perform together normally, artists as varied as Ronnie Bowman, Mike Bub, Missy Raines, Terry Baucom, Rob McCoury, Alan [...]
