Nick Dumas and Hana Rass were married on July 27 at The Fiddler's Farm in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Nick is mandolinist with Special Consensus, and Hana is a two-time Wisconsin state fiddle champion. And yes, they met bluegrass cute. On Nick's second show with the band, he ran into Hana at the White Gull Inn in [...]
As promised, Special Consensus is sharing their European tour with our readers. Here are a couple of brief reports. We were about to drive through Denmark to get to Oslo, Norway, where we played last night, and thought it would be a good idea to check the map... Contrary to what many folks thought by [...]
Special Consensus in Hempstedt, Germany with their trusty travel van. As promised, Special Consensus is sharing their European tour with our readers. Here is the first installment. We all met in Chicago Tuesday, and headed to O'Hare Airport to catch the 4:oo p.m. flight to Frankfurt, Germany. Arrived at 7:15 a.m., picked up our rental van [...]
Special Consensus, another long-running bluegrass band who won big at last month's IBMA Awards, is away for Europe today, and a string of concerts that will find them in 6 different countries over the next two weeks. They are old hands at international touring by now, with many European visits under their belts. Banjo player [...]
Dark Shadow Recording has announced that they have signed Rick Faris, guitarist and vocalist for Special Consensus, to a contract with the label. Rick will continue to work with Special C while recording a new solo project when the band is idle. Based in Nashville, Dark Shadow is owned and operated by Stephen and Jana [...]
This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love. Greg Cahill is the lynch-pin for Special Consensus, having founded the group in 1975 and being the one constant member during the 40-plus [...]
Compass Records has released a lyric video for the opening track from their upcoming Special Consensus album, Rivers And Roads. It's a rip-roarin' take on Way Down The River Road, a John Hartford classic in the old time fashion, played at ludicrous speed by Special C. Banjoist Greg Cahill reminds us all of the beauty of [...]
What does a bluegrass fan do after two weeks of bluegrass festivals? Find a bluegrass concert the day after the last festival! Special Consensus was completing a Florida tour on Sunday with a house concert at Fodor’s Grove. Special C plays wonderful bluegrass music and even “grasses” up some big band music. There is always [...]
This report on Special Consensus' 2017 tour of the UK is a contribution from bandleader and banjo picker Greg Cahill. Special C embarked on our bi-annual tour of Ireland/England/Wales/Scotland on January 9 for a 26 concurrent day performance schedule. Rick, Dan and I brought our wives, and Nick brought his girlfriend for the first 6 [...]
It’s that time of year; well, every other year. As we welcome the new year Special Consensus are busy getting ready for a tour of the UK and Ireland, “26 straight days of traveling and performing on the same day”, says Greg Cahill, veteran leader of Special C. Ever since 1995 the band has undertaken [...]
Nick Dumas and Hana Rass were married on July 27 at The Fiddler's Farm in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Nick is mandolinist with Special Consensus, and Hana is a two-time Wisconsin state fiddle champion. And yes, they met bluegrass cute. On Nick's second show with the band, he ran into Hana at the White Gull Inn in [...] 
As promised, Special Consensus is sharing their European tour with our readers. Here are a couple of brief reports. We were about to drive through Denmark to get to Oslo, Norway, where we played last night, and thought it would be a good idea to check the map... Contrary to what many folks thought by [...] 
Special Consensus in Hempstedt, Germany with their trusty travel van. As promised, Special Consensus is sharing their European tour with our readers. Here is the first installment. We all met in Chicago Tuesday, and headed to O'Hare Airport to catch the 4:oo p.m. flight to Frankfurt, Germany. Arrived at 7:15 a.m., picked up our rental van [...] 
Special Consensus, another long-running bluegrass band who won big at last month's IBMA Awards, is away for Europe today, and a string of concerts that will find them in 6 different countries over the next two weeks. They are old hands at international touring by now, with many European visits under their belts. Banjo player [...] 
Dark Shadow Recording has announced that they have signed Rick Faris, guitarist and vocalist for Special Consensus, to a contract with the label. Rick will continue to work with Special C while recording a new solo project when the band is idle. Based in Nashville, Dark Shadow is owned and operated by Stephen and Jana [...] 
This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love. Greg Cahill is the lynch-pin for Special Consensus, having founded the group in 1975 and being the one constant member during the 40-plus [...] 
Compass Records has released a lyric video for the opening track from their upcoming Special Consensus album, Rivers And Roads. It's a rip-roarin' take on Way Down The River Road, a John Hartford classic in the old time fashion, played at ludicrous speed by Special C. Banjoist Greg Cahill reminds us all of the beauty of [...] 
What does a bluegrass fan do after two weeks of bluegrass festivals? Find a bluegrass concert the day after the last festival! Special Consensus was completing a Florida tour on Sunday with a house concert at Fodor’s Grove. Special C plays wonderful bluegrass music and even “grasses” up some big band music. There is always [...] 
This report on Special Consensus' 2017 tour of the UK is a contribution from bandleader and banjo picker Greg Cahill. Special C embarked on our bi-annual tour of Ireland/England/Wales/Scotland on January 9 for a 26 concurrent day performance schedule. Rick, Dan and I brought our wives, and Nick brought his girlfriend for the first 6 [...] 