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Once again, Stephen Mougin at Dark Shadow Recording has prevailed on one of his artists to retail their recording experience for us in blog form. This time, it’s Becky Buller who is working on her first solo project with the label. Here is the seventh installment of her studio diary. A talented songwriter, Becky also tours and records [...]
Once again, Stephen Mougin at Dark Shadow Recording has prevailed on one of his artists to retail their recording experience for us in blog form. This time, it’s Becky Buller who is working on her first solo project with the label. Here is the sixth installment of her studio diary. A talented songwriter, Becky also tours and records [...]
Dark Shadow Recordings has released a debut single from Becky Buller's upcoming album, 'Tween Earth and Sky. Becky is a regular member of Darin & Brooke Aldridge, where she is making her mark as a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She fills all these same roles on this solo project, which also features some of Nashville's [...]
The recent explosion of digital recording technology available to budget-minded amateur and small studio recordists has resulted in a similar burst in educational opportunities for those interested in working in the field. Everything from DVD instruction to four year degrees in recording technology are available to students, as well as multi-day seminars at established studios. [...]
Kenny & Amanda Smith have released a new single, just in time for Christmas. It's When Love Was Born, written by Bernie Herms, Mark Schultz, and Stephanie Lewis, and previously recorded by Schultz. The Smiths cut their version recently with Austin Ward on bass, and Andy Leftwich on mandolin and fiddles. Kenny plays guitar and Amanda sings. [...]
This is the seventh in a fun new series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so well known, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love. Amanda Smith started singing in church around the age of eight or nine. Then in junior high she started [...]
Fretboard Journal has posted this live video of Kenny & Amanda Smith performing a duet version of Catch Me If I Try, the title track from their most recent CD. Though they do manage a web site, Fretboard Journal's primary publication is a high-end, glossy print magazine dedicated to fretted instruments of all types, [...]
Here are some photos from yesterday afternoon's Red Carpet pre-show, just prior to the 2013 International Bluegrass Music Awards at the Duke Energy Center in Raleigh, NC.
We would like to welcome a new correspondent, Tim Carter, who will be sending us reports and photos from this weekend's Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Bristol, TN/VA. Tim hosts The Saturday Morning Bluegrass Show on WMTN in nearby Morristown, and will be assisting at the bluegrass stage during R&RR. Starting this Friday, State Street in [...]
Bill Warren sent these photos from yesterday's stage show at Red, White & Bluegrass. You can see how it poured during Larry Cordle's set, but Bill says he carried on without missing a beat - and came out to the tent to shake and howdy afterwards.
