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Crossroads Entertainment and Marketing, parent company of Mountain Home Music, has launched a new subsidiary label, Pisgah Ridge Records. The new bluegrass imprint will be used for special projects, like the recently-released solo album from The Boxcars' John Bowman, and to offer production, publicity and promotion assistance to up-and-coming artists. To assist with management of the new [...]
Complete banjo transcriptions from the debut Boxcars CD are now available for download purchase from Ron Stewart's web site. And I do mean complete. Each of the album's 13 tracks are transcribed start to finish - solos and backup alike. Russell Sawler is credited with creating the transcriptions. The cost for the PDF download is [...]
Unlike some of the "bandwagon" tribute recordings that it might be suspected are motivated by commercial appeal as much as a heartfelt desire to spotlight the subject of the tribute, John Bowman's new release, Family Chain, is a personal statement of love and respect by him for his father-in-law, Joe Isaacs. For anyone living under a [...]
After having made plans to spend last week at IBMA showcasing, exhibiting, reporting for Bluegrass Today, and otherwise immersing ourselves in the World of Bluegrass, I received a court order setting a hearing for Thursday morning in a case involving over seven hundred plaintiffs and more than 70 attorneys. Because of the logistics it was not possible [...]
The Boxcars and the Gibson Brothers have been crossing paths a lot lately, and not just on the festival circuit. Their current albums, the self-titled debut by the Boxcars and the Gibsons’ Help My Brother, have spent time at the top of the Bluegrass Unlimited national survey, with Eric and Leigh Gibson owning the top [...]
Here’s some discouraging news for any bands hoping for a turn in the spotlight during the 2012 IBMA awards show. The Boxcars, early favorites in a number of categories this year, are heading back to the studio next month and hope to have a new CD ready to sell by late fall – in time [...]
The Boxcars are featured on the cover of the May 2 issue of Cashbox magazine, in celebration of the position of their debut album atop this week's Cashbox bluegrass chart. This latest bluegrass supergroup is anchored by Adam Steffey on mandolin and Ron Stewart on banjo, with Keith Garrett on guitar, John Bowman on fiddle [...]
Western North Carolina bluegrass group Balsam Range, has announced an exciting new concert series. Taking place at the Colonial Theatre, originally built in 1932 and then restored in 1992 and again in 2006, in the band's hometown of Canton, NC, the concert series features some great bluegrass bands and some innovative technology. Balsam Range will [...]
We've waxed enthusiastic several times about The Boxcars here on Bluegrass Today, and the release of their debut, self-titled CD on Mountain Home Records gave us another opportunity to do so in September when the first single dropped, and again in October during IBMA. The band rolled into Roanoke last Saturday night, providing yet another [...]
This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, who shares his experiences at the recent Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival. See his profile here. Start with a beautiful Texas October weekend. Add the beautiful Farmers Branch Historical Park location and mix in some of the top bluegrass talent around today. Put it all together and then offer [...]
