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New single from JD Messer and Sanctified
Kindred Records has released a pair of tracks to radio from JD Messer and Sanctified, a bluegrass Gospel group from Kentucky and West Virginia. The two are Messer originals, Lunch Box Letter and Peter Stepped Out, available to programmers now from Airplay Direct. Sactified consists of [...]
George Jones and Bluegrass Music
As has already been noted, George Jones had a significant influence on bluegrass music, most notably on those whose voice was still being formed in the early days of bluegrass. Rhonda Vincent has praised him for helping her to find hers. As for Jones himself, [...]
Newtown to Moore Bass
Newtown has recently brought on Moore Bass Entertainment to help represent them for live appearances. The company is managed by Jason Moore, bass player with Mountain Heart, hence the name. Newtown banjo picker Jr. Williams says that they are eager to take advantage of Moore’s contacts [...]
Bluegrass Hootenanny remembered
Much of Nashville, and all of country music, was absorbed yesterday with the memorial service for George Jones held at the Grand Ole Opry house. Friends and loyal fans turned out to remember this musical giant, who passed away on April 26. Over the course [...]
Blake Bowen to County Clare
Shannon and Heather Slaughter have announced that Blake Bowen has joined their touring band, County Clare. He has worked previously as a member of Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, and the Tina Adair Band. He comes by his talents naturally, [...]
New single from Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome
Jeff Brown earned his bluegrass cred working for Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers in the mid-’90s. Back then, Jeff handled bass on the road with Sparks, but he is now on guitar with his own band, consisting of very talented young folks from far [...]
Milestones: Legends of the Watson Clan
For fans of traditional music, 2012 was a sad year, with bluegrass, folk, and other acoustic genres all losing notable figures. Several of these artists, such as Earl Scruggs, have recently been remembered with tribute albums and collections of their most influential work. Doc Watson’s [...]
Bill Lowe passes
William Forrest “Bill” Lowe of West Union, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, April 28. He was aged 82. Born at Hatfield, Pike County, Kentucky, on May 8, 1930, he grew up listening to old-time country music. His uncle Grover taught him how to play [...]
Frank Solivan On The Edge
For a couple of years now, Frank Solivan has been like a Triple AAA baseball phenom, extremely talented and just one lucky break away from getting to the major leagues and staying there. Each CD he put out was better than the last. Each live [...]
Special Lady, Special Song
Right after she found out she was dying, Carol Simpson found a way to live forever. She decided to record a bluegrass song. That song, A Part of Me, grew into an album of the same time, recorded with the Canadian band, Hard Ryde, that [...]
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