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It was around this time last year that we were telling you about a new CD by renowned jazz bassist Charlie Haden. Rambling Boy marked Haden's return to his bluegrass/country roots. Soon after, Haden was performing on the Grand Ole Opry. On November 17, 2009 he's going to be putting on a very special concert at [...]
It seems like only yesterday that we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music, marked by the first Grand Ole Opry performance in 1946 by the "Original Blue Grass Band:" Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Cedric Rainwater (Howard Watts). 60 years seems like both a long time, and [...]
Audio from the most recent edition of Mountain Stage, featuring music from Jerry Douglas and Jayme Stone can be found at NPR.org. Douglas performs a set of music from his latest CD, Glide, along with his band: Luke Bulla on fiddle, Todd Parks on bass, Chad Melton on drums, and Guthrie Trapp on guitar. His [...]
We just got our advance copy of the new Sam Bush CD, Circles Around Me. Sam had told us that it was one that his bluegrass and newgrass fans would really appreciate, and he wasn't kidding. Other than the subtle percussion from Sam's regular drummer, Chris Brown, this is pretty much a bluegrass record - [...]
Merlefest gets underway today. It's one of the biggest festivals in the country and many, if not most, of your favorite bluegrass acts will be performing at some point during the week. If you're not there, but you'd like to know what's going on. Or, if you are there, but you'd like to know what's [...]
Elvis Costello last recorded an acoustic album in 1986. On June 2, 2009 he is set to release another, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. The album was produced by T Bone Burnett, recorded in Nashville in three days, and features a number of bluegrass musicians. This if from Costello's website, announcing the new record. Joining Costello [...]
Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale and Sam Bush are all scheduled as presenters at Music Producers Institute sessions in 2009. These 3 day sessions offer a crash course in how successful studio producers "do what they do." Led by Grammy-winning producer Steve Fishell, the sessions allow ten participants to follow the entire record-making process, from pre-production [...]
Audio from Jerry Douglas' recent performance on Mountain Stage can be found at NPR.com. He appeared with his band on the show this past weekend to perform songs from his current CD, Glide. The Jerry Douglas Band consists of Luke Bulla on fiddle, Guthrie Trapp on guitar, Todd Parks on bass and Chad Melton on [...]
Barry Mazor just wrote in to let us know that he has published an article about Jerry Douglas in today's Wall Street Journal. Titled Jerry Douglas, Irreplaceable Instrumentalist, the article spends time focusing on Douglas' accomplishments, but also on how his mind works musically. Many resophonic guitar player would love to figure out what makes [...]
The nominees for the 2008 Country Music Awards were announced earlier this week, and there are only two bluegrass-related artists who made the cut. Jerry Douglas is nominated again for Musician Of The Year, and award he has won three times previously - in '02, '05 and '07. Alison Krauss received nominations for both Female [...]
