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We heard this morning from Greg Cahill, banjo player, founder and leader of Special Consensus - Special C to their close friends. Greg also serves as the Board Chair of the International Bluegrass Music Association. He sent along word of some changes in the band lineup for next year, as well as a number of [...]
This past Friday, Special Consensus spent the day in Nashville doing radio spots and celebrating the release of their latest CD. Fearless leader Greg Cahill sent along this report. The Station Inn in Nashville was the site for The Special C album release concert for the new Signs recording on the Pinecastle Records label on [...]
The following article, originally titled Greg Cahill - Reflections From On The Road, appears in the current issue of British Bluegrass News (Spring 2009). He composed it upon returning from a three week tour by Special Consensus in the British isles earlier this year. BBN has graciously allowed us to reproduce it here, believing it [...]
Next Tuesday (March 24) is the release date for Signs, the latest Pinecastle release from Special Consensus. It's a very good album, showcasing one of the strongest editions of Special C in some time. Founder and banjo player Greg Cahill will be interviewed online today on WorldWideBluegrass.com, where he'll talk about the songs and surely [...]
Special Consensus' Greg Cahill will join Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Tuesday morning (2/24) at 9:00 a.m. Katy tells us that Greg will be calling in from home in the Chicago area before they head down to Florida for the Everglades festival this coming weekend. "We'll talk about their recent UK tour, European [...]
Another forthcoming CD release from the folks at Pinecastle Records is Signs (PRC1169) from Special Consensus. Greg Cahill, with the band on tour in Ireland, took a few moments away from preparing for RTE Radio's Mooney Show last week to speak about the songs on the album. …. "The songs on Signs include many original [...]
Word had reached us about a banjo player being featured in a number of recent episodes of The Jerry Springer Show - the notorious "reality TV" show based in Chicago. The banjo picking was intended not as a performance, but to add a flavor to a hillbilly-themed episode. When we further learned that the banjo [...]
Tonight is a special night for Greg Cahill and the guys in Special Consensus. When they perform tonight at The Livery in Benton Harbor, MI they will not only throw down some solid bluegrass for the listening audience, they'll also be throwing down a few of the venue's newest offerings. The Livery is both a [...]
Niall Toner will be on Ireland's RT?â Radio 1 this week with the first two installments of his Nashville Sessions series, recorded while he was in attendance at the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention earlier this fall. These shows will air at 1:00 p.m. (EST - 6:00 p.m. local UK time) on December 27 and [...]
We heard yesterday from Greg Cahill, banjo player and road manager with the well-traveled Special Consensus - and in his spare time, President and Chair of the IBMA Board of Directors. Greg has long been out in front when it comes to getting bluegrass music before audiences of young people, and school performances are a [...]
