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Last week saw the release of Paper Airplane from Alison Krauss & Union Station, their first full band project since 2004. It's a splendid example of why this group, and their superstar lead singer, have made such a powerful impact well outside of the bluegrass world where they got their start. The song choices are [...]
Kenny & Amanda Smith The Whites with Jerry Douglas The Grascals Michael Cleveland and Flamekeper
Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings in the history of bluegrass music. Any serious student of our music recognizes the [...]
By now we're all familiar with the continuing story of Dave Carroll's sing-off with United Airlines over the breaking of his Taylor Guitar. He didn't get an adequate response from the United Customer Service people, so he took to the internet and released a music video on Youtube entitled, United Breaks Guitars. That first song [...]
We posted a few weeks back about the top-secret Tut Taylor tribute album released July 13 by E1 Music. Entitled Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, the record features 14 top reso guitarists, each contributing a new version of one of Tut's tunes along with a crack rhythm section. The project was the brainchild [...]
Can lightning strike twice? Rounder Records and Sony Picture Classics are hoping so as they plan the July 27 and 30 releases of the soundtrack and the new film, Get Low. It's a quirky, 1930s period piece set in the rural south, anchored by a proven Hollywood star. The soundtrack features music from Alison Krauss, [...]
A very special CD project is released today on the E1 Entertainment label (formerly Koch Records). The album, Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, is the brainchild of celebrated resonator guitarist Jerry Douglas, who produced and recorded this project as a surprise to Taylor, one of the early innovators of the instrument in bluegrass [...]
The February 2010 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a year-by-year listing of what they deem to be the finest acoustic music of the past two decades. It's part of the magazine's 20th Anniversary issue, billed as a collector's edition. They call the list 20 Years of Essential Acoustic Albums, and it can be found [...]
Our friends in the UK are in for a treat soon, as the Transatlantic Sessions present the sounds of great music created by acoustic musicians from both sides of the pond. The Transatlantic Sessions are put together by the Celtic Connections festival, but this year many of the musicians will briefly tour the British Isles, [...]
Have a Jerry, Jerry Christmas? That suggestion was surely knocked down early on when choosing a title for the new Jerry Douglas Christmas album, recently released by E1 Music (formerly Koch Records). The actual title is Jerry Christmas, and the CD contains a dozen Christmas favorites, both traditional and modern, recorded with his touring band. [...]
