Category: Music

Introducing Rachel Burge and Blue Dawning

| May 13, 2013 | 6 Comments
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A few months ago we covered the break-up of West Virginia’s No One You Know, who had announced their dissolution at the end of the 2012 season. They had recorded two albums, most recently Calm Before the Storm, released on Mountain Fever in 2010. Now we [...]

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Dailey & Vincent’s Brothers of the Highway

| May 10, 2013 | 2 Comments
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It’s been over four years since bluegrass superstars, Dailey & Vincent have released a “regular” album. That doesn’t, however, mean they’ve been dormant. Since 2009′s Brothers From Different Mothers, their last bluegrass album for Rounder Records, they have released three very successful albums: an a [...]

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Gospel album this year from KRACE

| May 10, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Kevin Richardson & Cutting Edge, known to their fans as KRACE, are heading into the studio next month to start work on a second recording. Like their self-titled debut in 2012, this next album will focus on new material written within the band, and will [...]

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It’s Just A Road – The Boxcars

| May 10, 2013 | 2 Comments
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It’s difficult to name a band that is more all-around talented than The Boxcars. Band members have numerous IBMA and Grammy Awards and have shared the stage with most of the top names in bluegrass. Their first two releases as a group helped earn them [...]

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Colder December from Blue Moon Rising

| May 10, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Ahead of the May 28 release of Blue Side Of The Moon, Blue Moon Rising has released a single to radio through Airplay Direct. Colder December was written by Tony and David Mowell with Cory Wharton, and performed by the current edition of the band: Chris [...]

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Free stream of April Verch’s Bright Like Gold

| May 9, 2013 | 8 Comments
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Thanks to April Verch for offering Bluegrass Today readers a chance to listen to her new album, Bright Like Gold, for a limited time here on the site. All 17 tracks can be streamed in the player below. The record, released on April 1, features [...]

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Memories Of The Past from Big Country Bluegrass

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Rebel Records has released a first single from their upcoming album from Big Country Bluegrass, Memories Of The Past.  The track is I’m Putting On My Leaving Shoes, a new song from Tom T. & Dixie Hall and Troy Engle. It demonstrates that the band still [...]

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Ernie Thacker and Cumberland Gap Connection

| May 9, 2013 | 0 Comments
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In the Spring of 2006, Ernie Thacker was an up-and-coming bluegrass singer and band leader from Virginia, noted for his soulful and expressive vocal delivery. He had already spent five years with Ralph Stanley as a Clinch Mountain Boy on mandolin, guitar and lead vocals, [...]

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Old McDonald video coming soon from Newton & Thomas

| May 9, 2013 | 1 Comment
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Mark Newton & Steve Thomas’ debut album, Reborn, was released April 30 on Pinecastle, and the first single, Old McDonald Sold The Farm, has been getting strong airplay from bluegrass radio. It debuted on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart two weeks ago at #15. [...]

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On This Day #11

| May 9, 2013 | 2 Comments
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On This Day ……… On May 9, 1956 Jimmy Martin had his first recording session for Decca Records. At an afternoon session at Bradley Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, Jimmy Martin recorded four songs Before the Sun Goes Down, Skip Hop and Wobble, [...]

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