Don Rigsby

  • Review: Sunset Drive the CD

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    Not long ago we wrote about the Sunset Drive tour of Japan. Now we bring you news of the recording for which the tour was named. Maro Kawabata brought together several of his friends and heros for the recording Sunset Drive.

  • Sunset Drive in Japan

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    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

  • Spring BMP available now

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    Also in mailboxes this week is the May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles, with a handsome photo of Don Rigsby on the cover. There is also an in-depth and very candid interview with Don on the inside. He discusses his intense

  • Lonesome River Band reunion show at The MAC

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    Don Rigsby hosted  a reunion of one of the classic Lonesome River Band lineups this past weekend at The Mountain Arts Center in Prestonburg, KY. The show featured Don, Ronnie Bowman, Sammy Shelor and Kenny Smith, who performed together as

  • Rigsby, Leadbetter and Bennett

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    Just recently we told you about a short upcoming concert/workshop tour that Richard Bennett and Phil Leadbetter are doing together. Now Phil has contacted us with some exciting news about that pairing, and where it's leading. As we noted in

  • LRB reunion show at The MAC

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    Lonesome River Band is one of bluegrass music's longest running touring acts. They recently completed 28 years recording and performing under that name, serving as a proving ground for some of today's most celebrated bluegrass artists in the process. Adam Steffey,

  • Don Rigsby in 2010

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    Don Rigsby will be starting off the new year with a new focus in his career. This award-winning singer and mandolinist had spent the past 8 years as the Director of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University

  • Gerald Evans, Dale Vanderpool benefit

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    A whole raft of bluegrass artists from the Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee area are banding together this Sunday (12/20) to raise money in support of two of their own. Dale Vanderpool and Gerald Evans have labored long and hard in the

  • Rebel releases for 2009

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    I caught up with Mark Freeman of Rebel Records recently, and he shared some information about their release schedule for 2009. We mentioned last week that they would have a new Lost and Found CD in March, and Mark tells us

  • Longview audio clips online

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    Recently we provided some information about the forthcoming Longview CD Deep In The Mountains, Rounder 0578. We can now add that there are 30 second WinMedia and RealAudio audio clips available to listen to at the Rounder website. The group is