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Once again, Special C mandolinist Ashby Frank will be sharing his impressions of the band's European tour with the readers of Bluegrass Today. He left from Nashville this past Wednesday, and sent his first travelogue installment from just outside Copenhagen in Denmark. Tuesday night was another blast at Mashville, even though I’m still fighting off [...]
It's not likely that anyone would challenge the talent of Keith Sewell. As a picker and singer, he's worked with Ricky Skaggs, James Taylor, Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, Jerry Douglas and The Dixie Chicks. His songs have been cut by Skaggs, Montgomery Gentry and Sonya Isaacs, and Love Is A Journey, his debut solo project, [...]
The convention center was hopping last night for the late-night showcases, as it always is. It's impossible to see all the bands play, or even to see everyone that you want to, so I generally settle for a representative sampling. My sampling last night was limited to after my own showcase (playing banjo with The [...]
This just in from Greg Cahill, founder and fearless leader of Special Consensus... Justin Carbone is leaving the band at the end of September! His final performance as a Special C member will be at the Denton, NC festival on September 25. Justin Carbone has performed with The Special C as guitar player extraordinaire, lead [...]
The conclusion to Ashby Frank's tale of road woe is told on his web site. When we left off, Special C was broken down on the side of the road in Kansas, with barely enough time to make it to their next show in Wyoming. Ashby picks up from there... "After Justin and I spent [...]
Ashby Frank has a sad story on his blog at ashbyfrank.com... It tells of how the first leg of a midwestern tour with Special Consensus turned into a roadside disaster yesterday (7/9). Their trusty vehicle let them down, and left them stranded far from where they needed to be. Well this is the beginning (Day [...]
Sorry for the late notice on this... We just heard from Ashby Frank, mandolinist with Special Consensus, reminding everyone that the last airing of their Track-By-Track program on Sirius-XM is at 11:00 a.m. this morning ( 6/14). It's a run through of their latest Pinecastle CD, Signs, with comments from the band, hosted by Kyle [...]
This column, containing brief reviews of recent CD releases by Richard Thompson, is published in the current (Spring 2009) edition of British Bluegrass News. As it is a lengthy piece, we have broken it into two parts, with the firt installment having run last Sunday. A series of rambles about CDs by bluegrassmercury, part 2… [...]
This past Friday, Special Consensus spent the day in Nashville doing radio spots and celebrating the release of their latest CD. Fearless leader Greg Cahill sent along this report. The Station Inn in Nashville was the site for The Special C album release concert for the new Signs recording on the Pinecastle Records label on [...]
The following article, originally titled Greg Cahill - Reflections From On The Road, appears in the current issue of British Bluegrass News (Spring 2009). He composed it upon returning from a three week tour by Special Consensus in the British isles earlier this year. BBN has graciously allowed us to reproduce it here, believing it [...]
