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Junior Sisk has announced the addition of mandolinist Jason Tomlin to Ramblers Choice. Jason had previously played bass with The Deer Creek Boys, and will also sing tenor with Junior's group. That completes a new lineup with Timmy Massey on bass, Darrell Wilkerson on banjo, Billy Hawks on fiddle and Sisk on guitar and lead [...]
This column, containing brief reviews of recent CD releases by Richard Thompson, is published in the current (Spring 2009) edition of British Bluegrass News. As it is a lengthy piece, we have broken it into two parts, with the firt installment having run last Sunday. A series of rambles about CDs by bluegrassmercury, part 2… [...]
John Miller, who has most recently been playing mandolin and singing tenor with Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice, tells us that he is leaving the group. No word yet about a replacement. John says that his future plans are in flux, but it's clear that someone will get a strong guitar and tenor man out [...]
Junior Sisk will be co-hosting with Judith Burnette on WBRF this Saturday evening (3/7) from 7:00-9:00 p.m. (EST). He will be helping Judith select the music, and tells us that listeners can expect a solid dose of the traditional bluegrass that floats his boat. "You can bet you'll hear a lot of Stanley Brothers and the Johnson Mountain [...]
Not long ago we reported that Chris Harris had left Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, and that Junior was in search of a new mandolin player. Junior has just announced that John Miller will be joining the band in that capacity. John may be more well known as a guitarist rather than a mandolin player, [...]
Junior Sisk has announced that mandolin player Chris Harris will be leaving Rambler's Choice in January and a replacement is being sought. Junior is specifically looking for someone with a strong traditional bent, who can both play mandolin and sing tenor. A close proximity to Roanoke, VA would be preferred. The band has about 40 [...]
Tuesday night at IBMA I found myself wandering around on the lower two levels of the convention center during the After Hours Showcases. I heard a bunch of great music, and got to visit with a number of friends I hadn't seen since this time last year. I caught a bit of the Songwriter Showcase [...]
FiddleFest is an annual bluegrass festival located quite near my home in Roanoke, VA. It's held the last weekend of July each year on the bucolic campus of Hollins University, just north of Roanoke. I was able to attend last Friday's (7/25) show where I enjoyed music of Grasstowne, Jimmy Bowen & Santa Fe, The [...]
When I was in college at South Plains College studying bluegrass music, a new record would often create a stir among the students. One of those records was Wyatt Rice's Santa Cruz. That album introduced me to the soulful singing of Junior Sisk. He quickly became one of my favorite singers and I began looking [...]
When BlueRidge split in early 2007, Alan Bibey and Jason Davis became part of the newly formed Grasstowne, and Alan Johnson joined Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Junior Sisk, their soulful lead singer, reassembled his old group, and they have been in the studio over the winter completing a new album. Just today, it has been [...]
