Tim O'Brien Archives - Page 8 of 9

Tim O’Brien video from Folk Alley

Tim O'Brien was a guest this week on Folk Alley, where folk, acoustic, Americana and Celtic music is streamed 24/7. He performed several songs from his 2008 release, Chameleon, just as he did on the CD - solo, with just his guitar and mandocello. Both video and audio from his live set and interview can [...]

Martin Tim O’Brien 00-18

We heard recently from Larry Barnwell, a regional sales manager with C.F. Martin, and a long-time bluegrass musician. Larry was born in North Carolina and toured extensively as a member of the bluegrass band Monroe Doctrine in the 1970s, during which time he became well acquainted with a good many other performers who were, or […]

Tim O’Brien on Blue Plate Special

Tim O'Brien is hitting the radio tour this week, promoting his new CD, Chameleon, just out on the Proper American label. He appeared this past Monday on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (video available online) and will be the guest on today's (3/29) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX-FM in Knoxville, TN. The [...]

Hazel Dickens in the West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame

Our UK correspondent, Richard F. Thompson, put together this report on an important event we missed last fall. In November the legendary folk/bluegrass singer, songwriter and activist Hazel Dickens was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony at The Cultural Center in Charleston, West [...]

Transatlantic Sessions with Jerry Douglas

BBC Four will be airing a new series of the Transatlantic Sessions beginning this month. The show brings together musicians from both sides of the Atlantic, from the US, Ireland and Scotland. The various musicians will perform both solo and in various combinations. The first episode is set to air on Friday, September 21 and [...]

Hot Rize helps Steve Martin tie the knot

When Hollywood stars and friends of comedian (and banjo player) Steve Martin accepted his invitation to a dinner party at his Los Angeles home on July 28, no one was expecting anything other than some good music, and good times together. When the guests arrived - including film luminaries like Tom Hanks, Diane Keaton, Eugene [...]

Free Tim O’Brien download

Tim O'Brien is offering a free download of The Ballad of Christopher Daniel Gay, a song he recently wrote and recorded, on his web site. Gay's tale was taken from the news headlines. He escaped from a South Carolina prison transport in mid-January, and evaded police over a five state manhunt, all in an attempt [...]

Earl Scruggs, Hot Rize on Etown online

We found a link on Pete Wernick's web site that points to the audio from a recent edition of Etown, the weekly radio show hosted by former Hot Rize bass man Nick Forster. The show included one of the occasional reunion performances by Hot Rize, plus an appearance by Earl Scruggs. Scruggs' segment starts off [...]

Tim O’Brien joins Wheeling Hall of Fame

Tim O' Brien, bluegrass music's Male Vocalist of the Year is soon to be inducted into The Wheeling Hall of Fame in his hometown of Wheeling, WV. Tim won a Grammy earlier this year for best traditional folk album with Fiddler's Green. He also won IBMA's Song of the Year for Look Down That Lonesome [...]

1987 Hot Rize DVD now available

The Hot Rize concert DVD we mentioned a few weeks ago has been released, and can be ordered now from the Hot Rize web site. It features a concert performance at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Lousiville, KY from July of 1987, with the original members of the band - Tim O'Brien, Pete [...]

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