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One of the most emotionally satisfying moments for me during last Thursday's IBMA Awards presentation was seeing Mike Munford accept the Banjo Player of the Year trophy for 2013. Mike has been the "banjo players' banjo player" for many years, but unless you ran in banjo circles, you might not know his name. Though having [...]
Here's the first gallery of Milo Farineau's images from the 2013 International Bluegrass Music Awards.
For a couple of years now, Frank Solivan has been like a Triple AAA baseball phenom, extremely talented and just one lucky break away from getting to the major leagues and staying there. Each CD he put out was better than the last. Each live show gained new fans. The top levels of the bluegrass [...]
First, Frank Solivan cooked a satisfying dinner and his bandmates served it up to about 85 lucky guests. Then the band took the stage and they all cooked. So went Saturday night’s CD release party for Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen’s Compass Records debut project, On the Edge. It’s a fitting title. Dirty Kitchen lives [...]
Compass Records has announced that the Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen album On the Edge (COM4602) is now available in digital format. The project is the first since Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen and Compass Records linked up in February. It consists of 10 all-original songs/tunes and, as well as the band members - Solivan [...]
Here's a set of photos taken on Tuesday at World of Bluegrass.
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen made a stop at the studios of WAMU's Bluegrass Country on May 3 to perform live on the Katy Daley Show. As has been their practice of late, cameras were set up to capture their set, and a video has been posted of one of the songs. It's an explosive [...]
A lot of fine pickers are nominated for IBMA awards every year, and a chosen few get to cross the stage and pick up a statue. But with five or six nominees in a category, that still leaves plenty of talent unrecognized by their peers. As I tweeted the winners at this year’s ceremony, it [...]
Mike Munford, the mega-talented banjo picker with Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, will grace the September cover of Banjo NewsLetter. The issue will also feature an in-depth interview with Mike conducted by regular BNL contributor Ira Gitlin, a highly-regarded picker in his own right. With the increased visibility Solivan's group is currently receiving, Munford is [...]
Here's a bluegrass twist on the 12 days of Christmas... Frank Solivan has announced that he is giving away his entire new CD, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen as a Christmas gift for bluegrass lovers. Starting today (12/13) and running right through Christmas Eve, one track each day will be available for free download from [...]
