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The three CD reissues from Rebel that we previewed last month are officially released today. These include a first-time-on-CD reissue of JD Crowe's classic Bluegrass Holiday, and compilations of new-to-CD Gospel cuts from Ralph Stanley, Mountain Preacher's Child, and a budget-priced Seldom Scene compilation project, Different Roads. More details about all three can be found [...]
H. Russell Farmer (Russ), had spent the last 30 years producing and directing programming for Kentucky Educational Television (KET), one of the largest public/educational TV networks in the country. Numerous broadcasting awards have come his way, and bluegrass fans are in his debt for producing Jubilee, a KET series which filmed live festival performances in [...]
Rebel Records is continuing their laudable efforts to get classic LPs released on CD, and/or for digital download. Many serious bluegrass fans had feared that much of the recorded legacy of bluegrass music might become unavailable when digital media took the lead some years ago, but thankfully, the opposite has been the case. Due on [...]
The state of Kentucky Department of Parks is teaming up with America's Bluegrass Inc. to promote both bluegrass music and the state parks. A series of four concerts are to be held at three of the state parks this spring/summer in what is being called the Cradle of Bluegrass Music Trail. The series features Kentucky [...]
California photographer Tom Tworek has recently posted a gallery of images he shot at SuperGrass, the California Bluegrass Association's annual indoor winter festival, which ran February 1-4. These were taken from the stage, and are mostly close up, portrait shots of bluegrass artists like JD Crowe & The New South, Kenny & Amanda Smith, The [...]
J.D. Crowe & The New South are this week's guest on Studio Special on XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction. As always, the show is a mix of live performance and casual discussion. The program first ran last Friday, and aired twice over weekend, but will yet be rebroadcast a few more times over the next [...]
The new (Jan/Feb '07) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, featuring a cover story on J.D. Crowe & The New South. Each member of the band is interviewed, and J.D. shares his thoughts about their latest release, Lefty's Old Guitar. A sample from the New South article can be read on the BMP web [...]
Here's a show you may want to hurry up and buy tickets for if you are able to attend. Mountain Stage, in Charleston, WV, will be taping a live show on Sunday, February 11th, 2007 featuring J.D. Crowe & The New South, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Greencards, and Mindy Smith. The show will be [...]
There's plenty of great bluegrass on the Grand Ole Opry again this weekend. JD Crowe & The New South will make a rare Opry appearance on Saturday (12/8), performing in the 8:00-8:30 and 11:00-11:30 p.m. segments. They will surely be showcasing songs from their newest release, Lefty's Old Guitar. Also on the show this week [...]
I recently discovered the photo-blog of photographer Mark Hamilton. Mark has some really great images on his blog, a couple of which will be of interest to the bluegrass community. Since his site is all about the photos I'm not going to post them here, I'll just link to them. You'll have to visit him [...]
