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OK.... everyone who gets the vapors when they hear anything about Christmas before Thanksgiving, close this window and take your blood pressure medicine. Right now! There is always a plethora of new bluegrass music over the holidays, much of it with a Christmas theme, and we have been getting information about several of them for [...]
There may be no more celebrated band in modern bluegrass than Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen. The group — Solivan (vocals, mandolin, guitar, fiddle) Mike Munford (banjo), Chris Luquette (guitar), and Jeremy Middleton (bass) — are the recipients of any number of accolades from the International Bluegrass Association, among them, the award for Instrumental Group [...]
Compass Records has produced a first music video from their upcoming release from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, If You Can't Stand The Heat. Solivan once again mines his love of cooking for the album title, just as he had when choosing the band name, and his prior album names. Dirty Kitchen was launched when [...]
Progressive bluegrass icons Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen have announced a new agreement with Philip Chorney and Baltimore Management Agency. Chorney is founder and CEO of the Charm City Bluegrass festival in Baltimore, and has more than a decade's worth of experience in band management, event production and music promotion on his resume. Solivan, who leads the [...]
Compass Records has announced a February 8, 2019 release date for their next album from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen. In keeping with their long-running galley theme, it will be titled, If You Can't Stand The Heat. You know what you can do if not. Solivan has maintained a record for producing challenging modern bluegrass [...]
The other night, I had the chance to attend a concert by Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen with a few friends 40 and younger. One was new to bluegrass, one a recent convert from a long dormant classical career, and the other a 15-year-old girl who plays bluegrass at every opportunity, on both fiddle and [...]
The D'Addario string company has launched a video series where they ask prominent musicians to create a song based on nothing more than a song title. It's a vibe a bit like improv comedy shows, but with pickers instead of comedians. They call these videos Raw Talent, and the latest features Frank Solivan and Jeremy [...]
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen have long been associated with great music and great food. Their run as bluegrass entertainment professionals has seen them reaching new goals year after year with a high-energy stage show and several successful recordings, and Frank's reputation as a chef has found him - and them - providing fare for [...]
Frank Solivan just keeps getting better, as a songwriter, arranger, singer and, not the least, instrumentalist. Recent years have seen a string of solid recordings, IBMA nominations and awards, and growing recognition for Solivan and his band. His newest recording is, to these ears, his best yet. But don't take my word for it. Check [...]
Frank Solivan has become one of bluegrass music's most entertaining performers, touring with his band, Dirty Kitchen, all over the US. But like every artist, he had a long route to get where he is today. Starting as a young man in Alaska, he learned to play in a musical family, and left for a stint in [...]
