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We posted last week about Peter Rowan signing with Compass Records, and starting work on a new CD with The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band. You'll have a chance to hear his new group tonight when they perform on Music City Roots, broadcast live from Nashville on WSM at 8:00 p.m. (EDT). Along with Pete on [...]
Compass Records takes another step towards the bluegrass market with their signing of Peter Rowan yesterday (4/19). Over the past two years, they have released albums from Dale Ann Bradley, The Gibson Brothers, Bearfoot, and the John Hartford String Band, with a new project from Special Consensus due in late May. The Peter Rowan Bluegrass [...]
The promoters of the Gathering Of The Vibes festival have come up with a clever way to get you to tune in for their live webcast tonight (4/2) when they announce this year's lineup. After the announcements, they will run a video of a live performance at The Gathering in 2004 by The Masters Of [...]
In advance of his appearance this Saturday (1/10) at Don Quixote's International Music Hall (Felton, CA), the Santa Cruz Good Time Weekly wrote about man-of-many-disciplines Peter Rowan. In an article entitled Peter Rowan saw bluegrass born, the writer drew attention to Rowan's website, where the former Blue Grass Boy comments on the present state of [...]
The Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet has undergone a couple changes recently. In addition to Rowan & Rice, the quartet formerly consisted of mandolinist Sharon Gilchrist and bassist Bryn Davies. Both ladies have recently moved on to other pursuits and accordingly, Rowan & Rice have brought two new pickers onboard to fill the vacancies. [...]
Homespun Video is set to release a new instructional DVD this week featuring Peter Rowan and Tony Rice. Entitled Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Teach Songs, Guitar and Musicianship, the DVD runs 110 minutes with Rowan Rice teaching a half dozen songs from the repertoire of their live shows. Rowan shows ideas designed to help [...]
Sugar Hill Records is releasing more sets in the Americana Master Series today (7/10/07), among them four bluegrass albums. These will comprise anthologies by Peter Rowan, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, the Lonesome River Band and the Nashville Bluegrass Band. This series presents the award-winning music of Sugar Hill's Americana Masters. Researched and compiled from the [...]
When we posted in November about the upcoming January '07 release of the new CD from Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, we mentioned that they would tour in support of the project this year. They are about to embark on a string of east coast dates together running from March 14-25, and will reunite for [...]
We just received word of this special holiday concert tour. The tour will consist of a set of music performed by Larry Keel & Natural Bridge and a set by Peter Rowan. There will also be extensive collaboration between the artists. Keel calls his music New Mountain Music, and Peter Rowan combines bluegrass, blues, and [...]
Also due from Rounder in January is a new release from Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, which Brance mentioned earlier this month. Entitled Quartet, it features the group that has been performing on tour: Rice and Rowan on guitars (with Peter doing lead vocals), Bryn Davies on bass, and Sharon Gilchrist on mandolin. Both ladies [...]
