The Rice Brothers Live for the First Time
If you need a last minute Christmas gift for the flatpicking guitar nerd on your list, David Grisman’s Acoustic Disc and Acoustic Oasis Downloads may have just the thing. They have just released a live set by The Rice Brothers, recorded in 1991 in Fairfax, VA, entitled The Rice Brothers – Live for the First […]
Together – new live project from Tony & Wyatt Rice
David Grisman’s Acoustic Disc label has just released a truly historic recording of Tony and Wyatt Rice in their first duo performance in 1996. Entitled Tony & Wyatt Rice Together!, it captures these two brilliant flatpicking brothers from two consecutive nights at the Acoustic Stage concert series in Hickory, NC, August 16-17, 1996. Of course […]
Digital reissue: It’s The Music from Frank Poindexter with The Rice Brothers
Mountain Fever Records has announced a digital reissue of an historically important album that never made it to download and streaming before today. It's The Music was initially released by reso master Frank Poindexter with The Rice Brothers on CD in 2004. The project was never distributed nationally, merely offered for sale at Frank's live [...] Apollo Picks, endorsed by Mike Marshall and Norman Blake
For several months we have trying to pin down Nik Monnin, the man behind the new Apollo Picks, which have created quite a stir in the bluegrass and acoustic music world. But Nik is a busy guy, not only doing all the intense handworking of the various flat picks he offers for sale, but also [...] Cowboys and Indians from Wyatt Rice and the ETSU Spacegrass Unit
Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have a music video based on a studio recording from one of the program's elite ensembles, [...] Sit A Spell with Wyatt Rice
The good folks at the Mountains Of Music Homecoming who bring 9 days of music, culture, and culinary events to southwestern Virginia each June, have begun to publish short interviews with the various personalities associated with these ventures. They have also graciously allowed us to reprint some of them on our site that we feel [...] Something Out of the Blue – The Rice-Menzone Alliance
I’m usually excited to see new groupings of my favorite musicians, if just for the chance to hear what artists who normally don’t play together sound like when they do. The Rice-Menzone Alliance, a new duo from Mountain Fever’s ever-growing roster of artists, pairs well-known guitarist Wyatt Rice with somewhat lesser known (though just as [...] Wyatt Rice teaching guitar at ETSU
Wyatt Rice has been working as a professional musician since he joined older brother Tony's band in the late 1970s. He's a master of what has come to be known as the "Rice style" of lead and rhythm guitar, as one might expect, and has spent most of his musical career in support of big brother, [...] New members of Bull Harman & Bulls Eye
Bull Harman & Bull's Eye have announced some new members. The St. Louis-based band has brought Alex Rifle in to play banjo, Allan Sterling on reso-guitar, and Harman's son Wyatt has taken over his mom, Tammy's, bass role. Bull remains on guitar and vocals, as does Hal Cottrell on mandolin, and Tammy still hops up [...] Never Thought of Looking Back – Terry Baucom
When banjo players release solo albums, they often choose to showcase their skill and speed with a selection of instrumental tracks. They tear into Scruggs tunes, offer unique originals, and perhaps throw in some more progressive tracks for good measure. The focus is on the banjo. Terry Baucom, however, has chosen to go in a [...] 