Vermont banjo picker Gordon Stone has a well-earned reputation for melding the 3 finger banjo style with other idioms, among them jazz and African folk music. He has toured and recorded widely, but has not yet attained the sort of broad notoriety due to such an innovative player and composer.
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: Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass G2 new CD and US tour launch soon posted by John Lawless on 05.30.10 7:03 pm Tags : G2 Speaking of Swedish bluegrass G2 the world-traveling bluegrassers from Sweden , will soon be winging their way westward to the USA , where they will take up residence for the summer . They have shows booked all across the country , starting with the Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley , CA June 17-18. The guys will also have copies of the new CD , Untapped Routes in hand when they arrive . It’s their second recording which once again relies heavily on the first rate songwriting of guitarists and lead vocalist Christoffer . Olsson This time , however , the project has an intercontinental flavor with a number of US artists appearing as guests . Banjo man
Talang 2010 is the 2010 version of Sweden’s Got Talent. Swedish bluegrass group Cold Mountain Band made it as far as the semi-finals before the show’s judges passed over them. But it’s not over yet. Only two groups were selected on the show, to go on to the finals. Two more acts will now be [.....]
The Eagles are doing a little touring with Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban this summer, so Access Hollywood sat down with Natalie Maines and Glenn Frey for their take on getting the bands back together. Maines loves getting invited on someone else's tour. "Let them do all the work," she ...
At a Taylor Swift show in Ottawa, Ontario, last week, teenager Nicole Lavoie suffered a medical emergency and had to be taken out of the concert. But before the ambulance arrived, Swift's mom, Andrea, came into a medical room at the venue to see if she was all right. When ...
Maybe he put a little extra thought into it because it was a good cause. Or maybe Darius Rucker's shows are just always this good. But between the classic country covers, his old songs from his Hootie & the Blowfish days, his new country songs, an even newer not-released-yet song ...
I love music downloads, but I especially love free music downloads. If you're a Rodney Atkins fan -- or a country fan, in general -- how can you resist a free download of "Get Together"? It's a brand new song that's never been on any of Atkins' albums. Aside from ...
If Blake Shelton loves this many shows on CMT alone, imagine how much television this man must watch. He admitted to having six favorite shows on CMT in his most recent Take 6 Tuesday (May 25) video blog on his website. But actually, there was a tie for the number ...
I don't know where you go once you've outgrown Las Vegas. But according to the Las Vegas Sun, the city's leaders think it may be time for the Academy of Country Music Awards show to move out of town. Even the ACM Executive Director Bob Romeo admitted, "It's a crazy ...
Earlier this week, one of my new friends and I were talking about the music we liked in high school, and one of our mutual favorites was Mary Chapin Carpenter. My friend grew up in Georgia and said she wore out her cassette of Come On Come On back in ...
For the last 21 years, the National Memorial Day Concert has been held to remember the heroes who gave their lives for our country. We all know someone who has served and unfortunately many can speak of a loved one who did not return. Truly, this day is only a ...
Early this week, ABC News published a story on Kareem Salama, who is being billed as America’s first Muslim country singer.
The article, Muslim-American Country Singer in Syria, Tours Middle East, looks at an $11.5 million cultural initiative campaign by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs:
On stage [Salema] mixes English and Arabic, joking [...]
Willie Nelson releases albums like most people change their underpants. For the most part, that’s a good thing. He’s had some missteps along the way, but his recent offerings (Willie and the Wheel, American Classic, and Two Men with the Blues) rank as some of the best work in his long and storied career.
Produced by [...]
Maro Kawabata is a Japanese native who came to the states some 20 years ago. His interest in bluegrass music led him to record a solo project for Copper Creek Records, Carolina Blue, in 2001, and then plan a tour in Japan to promote the CD. He took Sammy Shelor, one of his heroes, with him [.....]And now let’s get things started
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Kermit taught us that it’s not easy being green. Or in Gonzo’s case, blue. For five [...]
We’ve written several times of late about Some Strange Country, the fine new CD from Crooked Still. There were a couple of videos, and a lengthy interview with banjoist Greg Liszt published here earlier this month.
The band also appeared recently on the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, where they offered a number of songs from [.....]
She's narrowed it down to three. But apparently Julianne Hough is just like every other woman out there who needs to gather tons of opinions about which outfit is the cutest one to wear to the CMT Music Awards. So just go through the flipbook, and pick your favorite. Will ...
The most famous braids in America are no more.
Chris LeDoux will be memorialized next month with a 13-foot bronze statue and the renaming of a park in Kaycee, Wyoming. The statue, featuring LeDoux riding a horse named Stormy Weather atop a guitar-shaped base, will be called “Good Ride Cowboy” after the 2005 Garth Brooks single.
In [...]Recently, country music blog My Kind of Country published an article about some of the genre’s most notable near-misses–songs that stalled at the #2 position on Billboard’s Country Charts. While I suppose it is disappointing for an artist to almost reach the top, the fact remains that any song that reaches the Top 10 is [...]
Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass The Boxcars yeah baby posted by John Lawless on 05.27.10 8:13 am Tags : Adam Steffey Harold Nixon John Bowman Keith Garrett Ron Stewart The Boxcars This past Friday evening 5 14 I had the good fortune to catch The Boxcars at a small venue here in Roanoke . If you haven’t heard the name , you will surely be hearing it . soon This is the latest bluegrass supergroup to form from the dissolution of another , in this case The Dan Tyminski Band , which shut down recently when Dan and Barry Bales returned to Alison Krauss Union Station to record and tour . That left Ron Stewart and Adam Steffey without a performing vehicle , and they soon decided that continuing to work together was what they most wanted to . do Before long , they had convinced Keith
Bubba Chandler, former guitarist and vocalist with Lost and Found, is back at it with a new CD, Somebody To Sing To. It includes 6 of his original songs and a number of remakes of classics he sang with L&F.
He is joined on this new Mountain Fever releases by former bandmates Allen Mills on bass, [.....]
Here’s the latest episode in The Farewell Drifters’ video track-by-track series, created to introduce the music from their upcoming CD, Yellow Tag Mondays.
Last week I accused them of a Beatlesque flair in their original song, Sunnyside Drive, and looky here… This new episode has them covering a Beatles song that Paul McCartney wrote and sang [.....]
Mandolin Cafe has a new interview up with Doyle Lawson, which is unique in two particular ways.
First off, the questions came from members and readers of the site who, secondly, are mandolinists themselves, giving the interview a tone of musical seriousness, as this example shows.
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Twenty years into his recording career and, for many, Jim Lauderdale remains an acquired taste. Patchwork River isn’t likely to change that, although it’s not for a lack of trying.
Never one to shy away from unexpected collaboration, Patchwork River finds him again working with Robert Hunter, best known as a lyricist for the Grateful [...]
The Tennessean’s Peter Cooper and Edward Morris both recapped Sunday evening’s Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony (The Tennessean | CMT), which marked the official induction of Ferlin Husky and Billy Sherrill, and the invitation-only tribute to Mac Wiseman who turned 85 on Sunday (The Tennessean | CMT).
Chris Young has a new three-song release [...]
: Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass What You Do from Chris Jones posted by John Lawless on 05.25.10 9:14 am Tags : Chris Jones A third single from the latest Chris Jones The Night Drivers CD is being released to radio today through Airplay Direct The song is What You Do yet another example of Jone’s trademark style : clever songwriting with a relaxed vocal delivery in his rich baritone voice . He is joined by his Night Driver bandmates Ned Luberecki on banjo , Jon Weisberger on bass and Mark Stoffel on mandolin , along with guests Jeremy Garrett on fiddle and harmony vocals and Mike Witcher on resonator . guitar Here’s a taste of the new . single What You Do Chris will be a guest on this week’s edition of Into The Blue with Terry Herd , and of course you can hear him on
: Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass International Country Music Conference in Nashville posted by John Lawless on 05.25.10 7:32 am Tags : Neil Rosenberg The 27th annual International Country Music Conference is scheduled for later this week in Nashville . This annual event , hwld on the campus of Belmont University , brings together scholars and academics who make country music their field of . study Noted bluegrass historian Neil Rosenberg points out the fact that this year’s conference has a special focus on bluegrass music and the people who play . it Thursday afternoon 27 May 2010 : Bluegrass Tour Du Force : Panel Bill Brown and Mike Fleming , North Georgia Bluegrass Pioneer Robert A . Tut” Taylor . 8221 Joti Rockwell , Gestural Translation and Innovation in Bluegrass
: Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass Grascals on Mountain Stage posted by John Lawless on 05.24.10 11:27 am Tags : Mountain Stage The Grascals The Grascals were among the guests on Mountain Stage earlier this month , and the audio can be streamed online from the NPR web site The 34 minute segment includes a number of songs from their latest CD , The Famous Lefty Flynn’s In addition to the tight vocal harmonies that typify a Grascals show , they end with a rousing version of Sally Goodin’ that showcases their fine picking as . well Listen to the whole thing online Permalink Email This Post Print Top 0 Comments 0 Comments Leave a comment Comments are open and unmoderated for our registered users , only your first comment will require approval before publication . Comments do not
: Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass Crooked Still Some Strange Country posted by John Lawless on 05.24.10 10:52 am Yesterday 5 18 marked the release of the fine new Crooked Still CD , Some Strange Country on Signature Sounds . Like their several previous projects , this one combines a modified string band format banjo , fiddle , bass , cello with wispy vocals on a sampling of obscure traditional folk songs and originals from the . band The music is simply brilliant clever arrangements , virtuosic performances and a striking sonic clarity in the recording . A number of audio samples appear later in this . piece We did a lengthy interview with vocalist Aoife O’Donovan when their last CD , Still Crooked hit in 2008. This time , we spoke with banjoist Greg Liszt , whose unique
Brance has posted a couple of times about Gangstagrass, the brainchild of New York artist Rench. His concept involves mixing the acoustic sound of bluegrass instruments and rhythms with hip hop beats and rhymes. It may not please purists in either genre, but anyone open to clever musical cross-pollination – and especially those who follow [.....]
: Blog Forum Wiki News at the speed of Bluegrass German Bluegrass Music Association posted by Brance on 05.24.10 9:16 am Tags : GBMA As the popularity of bluegrass music continues to grow around the world , a new bluegrass association has taken shape in . Germany The German Bluegrass Music Association GBMA was publicly launched during the 8th International Bluegrass Festival in Bühl Baden on May 15th . The inaugural board consists of five members : Friedrich Hog chairman Uli Grube vice chairperson Eberhard Finke , Volker Fisher , Walter Fuchs , and Michael Zumstein . Said board will hold their first official meeting during the 2nd Munich Bluegrass Festival July 9-11. Upon announcement of the new association , 50 members were immediately added to the association’s . roster Every
This past Friday evening (5/14), I had the good fortune to catch The Boxcars at a small venue here in Roanoke. If you haven’t heard the name, you will surely be hearing it soon.
This is the latest bluegrass supergroup to form from the dissolution of another, in this case The Dan Tyminski Band, which shut [.....]
We are all water-logged here in Nashville. We have had over 13 inches of rain, which unfortunately, is a record. We would like to know how the Country Music Hall of Fame is fairing. Is there any damage to the priceless memorabilia? Is Hank Williams’ guitar floating down 2nd ave? Does anyone out there have…
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