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Congratulations to Chris Davis and fiance Julie Reeves on the birth of their son, Rylan Wesley Davis. He entered the world at 9:50 a.m. on November 5, 2011. Little Rylan weighed in at 8 lbs 2 oz. and was 21 inches long. Join us in congratulating the wonderful couple on this miraculous event. Rylan joins [...]
Here are some shots Dean Hoffmeyer took roaming the halls of the Nashville Convention Center and The Station Innon Wednesday (9/27).
Saturday evening at the Ocean Lakes Family Campground Bluegrass Weekend I had the pleasure of catching both sets performed by Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice. I hadn’t seen Junior perform since he was with Blueridge, but he has always been one of my favorite traditional bluegrass voices. I was expecting traditional bluegrass, and the crowd [...]
A first single from the upcoming Rebel release for Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice, The Heart Of A Song, can now be heard online. Junior hopes the new CD will be as well-received as his 2010 album, Heartaches and Dreams, which saw a number of songs hit the charts, with strong radio play all year. [...]
We had mentioned earlier in the week that Chris Davis was leaving Marty Raybon's band to work with Junior Sisk, and now have more details about that change. Junior's long-time singing partner, Tim Massey, is getting married and moving on, and Junior shared a few words about the upcoming personnel swap. "I will miss Timmy [...]
Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice have indicated that their next album, Cold Heart, is expected from Rebel Records some time this summer. In addition to the support of his crack road band, Junior has a duet with Rhonda Vincent to brag about. Timmy Massey is on bass, Jason Tomlin on mandolin, Jason Davis on banjo, [...]
We have recently become acquainted with photographer G. Milo Farineau, who is working on a photo book project on music festivals, with an emphasis on bluegrass. He is collaborating with Chester Simpson, an experienced photojournalist whose credits include Rolling Stone and USO. Milo currently shoots for The Hook, a weekly paper published in Charlottesville, VA. [...]
Jason Davis will soon be the new banjo picker with Junior Sisk and Rambler's Choice. Darrell Wilkerson is leaving the band in April, and Jason will step in at that time. Davis has been playing with Grasstowne since the group formed in December of 2006, and had been working with Kenny & Amanda Smith before [...]
Junior Sisk is not known as the most talkative artist in bluegrass music, but he did record a podcast interview last week for Roanoke.com, the online home of my hometown newspaper, The Roanoke Times. Junior had a show nearby and spoke at some length with music reporter Tad Dickens about his latest CD, Blue Side [...]
The upcoming Mountain Roads Recordings CD, Born Into Bluegrass - The Songs of Cullen Galyean, will be premiered tonight (8/29) on WBRF FM 98.1 in Galax, VA. The album celebrates the contributions of Galyean, a legendary performer from western North Carolina who had worked with The Stanley Brothers, Hylo Brown and Charlie Monroe. All of [...]
