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If you follow Nothin' Fancy's newsletter, you will have noted the sad story they told in the March '09 issue. It was a tale of vehicular woe, in which a wheel from their long-suffering van came rolling off and passed them on the highway. Mandolinist Mike Andes relayed the events that transpired on February 22... [...]
Nothin' Fancy guitar player Gary Farris has moved into the exciting world of food service - not an unfamiliar side career for bluegrass musicians. But Gary won't be mopping floors or chopping onions. He and partner Jerry Ingram have teamed up as owners of a Quiznos restaurant in Waynesboro, VA. The new establishment had its [...]
Among the forthcoming releases from Pinecastle Records is a collection of a dozen Gospel songs from Nothin' Fancy. The Virginia band has seven previous albums, three of which have been released on the Pinecastle label. Lord Bless This House (PRC 1162) is their first Gospel set. Nothin' Fancy - Mike Andes (mandolin and lead vocals), [...]
We posted about ten days ago with release dates for four new projects due from Pinecastle Records in 2009. Not long after that, we heard from a reader who wondered why a title we had just indicated wouldn't be released until next year was showing up as available now online elsewhere. We checked with Pinecastle, [...]
Pinecastle Records recently announced the upcoming release of four new projects during the first two months of 2009. Promos are being sent to radio this week, despite the lag of as much as three months between now and the actual street dates for these new albums. Second Season - Kristin Scott Benson (1/13/09) Lord Bless [...]
The White Sands Music Festival in Milton, FL will be operating a live webcam from the stage tonight (4/18) and all day Saturday (4/19) while the festival is underway. Performers include Blue Moon Rising, Gary Waldrep, Nothin' Fancy and hosts White Sands Panhandle Band among others. Just visit the festival web site, and you'll see [...]
WNRV, AM 990, here in the New River Valley, has gone online. Their live feed is not yet operational, but they are working on it, and tell me it should be available soon. The website is up and running though, and they do have mp3 files available of some of their exclusive content, including recent [...]
This post comes from our semi-regular correspondent, Richard F. Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Although the actual signing took place a few months ago, Rounder Records has recently announced the signing of revered [...]
Virginia based bluegrass band Nothin' Fancy will be performing at the grand opening of a new attraction at Shenandoah Caverns. On Fathers Day, June 17, 2007, Shenandoah Caverns opens The Yellow Barn. The Yellow Barn will feature restored antique farm wagons, equipment, carriages and vehicles, an indoor bee hive, a mineral cave, a wine shop, [...]
Nothin' Fancy is in the studio working on their next CD, and all-Gospel project for Pinecastle Records. It is being produced by Rhonda and Darrin Vincent and recorded at Adventure Studios in Nashville. The band says that the CD will mix some new songs with some old favorites, like as House Of Gold, Family Bible [...]
