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Our sources tell us that Larry Keel is in the studio this week with his band Natural Bridge, working on a new bluegrass CD. The CD is a mixture of familiar bluegrass numbers, like Groundspeed, and original compositions by various band members. The CD is being cut live in the studio with as little overdubbing [...]
I should clear the air up front and tell you that this disc was recorded, mixed, and mastered by me at my studio. Keel Brothers Volume 2 is the second duet recording flatpicking guitar master Larry Keel has made his brother Gary. This is a brother duet album that at times just features the two [...]
Charles Humphrey III, bass player with the Steep Canyon Rangers, has a new solo project, entirely made up of songs of his own composition. Entitled Songs From The Road, it is a self produced project which features his Rangers band mates, The Biscuit Burners and Larry Keel and Natural Bridge. Audio samples can be found [...]
Larry Keel has been a prominent fixture both in, and on the fringes of the bluegrass mainstream this past few years, but his place on the spectrum has been hard to pin down. Here he's doing jamgrass shows, performing the sort of extended format piece that is a highlight of the style, and there he [...]
As Apple's iTunes Music Store has grabbed up a larger segment of the worldwide music purchasing pie, many smaller independent labels and artists have been concerned that their releases would be lost amidst the slick promotion for mainstream pop projects on iTunes. Legal music download sales tripled in 2005 to just over one billion dollars [...]
The recent passing of fiddling legend Vassar Clements has left us all a little blue. I was in the studio working with Larry Keel and his brother Gary when Vassar left us. I got Larry to tell a story about the first time he played with Vassar and then he and Gary recorded a short [...]
