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AcuTab Publications has released the fifth DVD in their Power Pickin' series designed to help serious students of bluegrass music improve their craft, and get more enjoyment from the time they spend with their instrument. Bluegrass Jamming Essentials - Play With The Pros is just what the title implies. The 2.5 hour video starts with [...]
We're always glad to do what we can to help get the word out concerning stolen instruments, but saddened that a player has been parted from a beloved axe. That's why we're even happier to report when a stolen instrument has been recovered. Last July we reported that Colby Laney, a student at ETSU, had [...]
The first single from the upcoming Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford CD, Just Along For The Ride, is now available to radio via Airplay Direct. The album, a songwriters project featuring the pair's compositions, is called Dogwood Winter, and it is expected to hit in the late summer on Rural Rhythm Records. The two each [...]
Word Of Mouth Press, publishers of the long-awaited Tony Rice biography Still Inside, have announced that the book is now available for sale, including a limited number of autographed copies. This is more than just an authorized biography. It includes the story of his life as told by Tony himself, along with a great many [...]
ETSU didn't make much of a splash in the first round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament last week, but they have a real winner in David Grindstaff, a student in their Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program. His debut CD, Here & Now, was released on March 1 and it shows Grindstaff to be [...]
On Monday Brance mentioned an upcoming album from Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley in his piece about Blue Highway's 15th Anniversary concert in Roanoke. We had posted last year about this project when Tim and Steve first started recording in May of 2009. Now completed, and entitled Dogwood Winter, the record is another left hanging [...]
Composite Acoustics, commonly known as CA Guitars, has closed its doors. The Louisiana-based company that manufactured steel-string acoustic guitars made from a carbon fiber material had found adherents among both hobby and professional pickers worldwide, including Blue Highway guitarist Tim Stafford. CA had created a Tim Stafford signature model which Tim had been using on [...]
The bluegrass and acoustic guitar world has been buzzing this past two years, awaiting the publication of Still Inside - The Tony Rice Story. This authorized biography of the legendary guitarist and vocalist, written by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright, has suffered its share of birth pangs and has been delayed a number of times [...]
Another of the many CDs that have crossed the threshold this month comes from Ohioan Missy Werner. I wasn't familiar with her music prior to receiving this copy of Drifting and Dreaming, but when I saw that Dwight McCall had produced and Jon Weisberger had written liner notes, I was sure that this was a [...]
The February 2010 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a year-by-year listing of what they deem to be the finest acoustic music of the past two decades. It's part of the magazine's 20th Anniversary issue, billed as a collector's edition. They call the list 20 Years of Essential Acoustic Albums, and it can be found [...]
