“I started writing in 2007 and decided to put my songs on a demo CD. The engineer thought we had something special so we contacted some musician friends of mine and the CD was born. The title of the album
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Compass signs Dirty Kitchen
Things are cooking for Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, literally and figuratively. During the D.C. Bluegrass Union Festival over the weekend in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Solivan announced that the band landed a new record deal in time for unveiling
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Mike Andes – The Songs I Sing
While we were at SPGBMA earlier this month, Mike Andes brought over his brand new, just-out-of-the-box solo project, The Songs I Sing. It was so new at the time that when I asked if he and Nothin Fancy would be
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Darrell Webb out with The Grascals
Jamie Johnson, vocalist for The Grascals, is suffering from flu-like symptoms, and has been grounded by his doctor. He has no voice, and is too weak to travel. In his stead, Darrell Webb will be out with the band this weekend
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Songwriter Profile – Bob Amos
Bob Amos is best known as the leader of the Front Range, a quartet formed in 1984 and based in the Denver and Fort Collins area, named after the eastern slopes of the Colorado Rockies. He was born the fourth of
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Brandon Shuping back to the Gabeharts
Jim & Valerie Gabehart have welcomed mandolinist Brandon Shuping back to the band. He's been a regular, recurring member, and Jim tells us that it's either Brandon's 3rd or 4th tenure with the band over the past dozen or so years. In
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Melvin Goins on the hunt for a banjo player
We heard the other day from Melvin Goins, an artist as deserving of the term bluegrass legend as anyone I can imagine. His work with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, The Stanley Brothers, with his brother Ray as The Goins Brothers, and
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Stormy Horizons from Expedition Show
The title track of the upcoming Expedition Show album, Stormy Horizons, is released today to bluegrass radio. It's their revised arrangement of a Jim & Jesse classic from 1960, with a decided Louvin Brothers vibe. The 12-track project will include new
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Another Song from Cumberland Gap Connection
Mountain Fever has recently released Another Song, their first project with Kentucky's Cumberland Gap Connection. The band records and performs primarily original material from guitarist Mike Bentley, banjo player Rod Smith, mandolinist John Messer, and bassist Bryan Russell. They are joined on
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Henhouse Prowlers rock the boat at Mountain Song at Sea
“Pick Enterprise. We’ll pick you up.” One band found out that the car rental agency was true to its advertising when it found itself in a bind en route to the inaugural Mountain Song at Sea cruise on February 1. Henhouse