Tag: Michael Cleveland

My Name Is Jimmy Martin

| May 11, 2012 | 2 Comments
My Name Is Jimmy Martin

If you don’t recognize the name Ray Edwards, you probably will his music. His song Hard Rock Mountain Prison (‘Til I Die) was a hit for IIIrd Tyme Out, as was Over In The Promised Land for Lou Reid & Carolina. Ray also composed Lou’s current single, Carolina [...]

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Tex Logan turns 85

| May 2, 2012 | 2 Comments
Tex Logan turns 85

Our friend Fred Robbins was on hand for Tex Logan’s 85th Birthday Bash in East Hanover, NJ recently, and filmed the better part of the day’s activities. He has posted the first of what he says will be several videos, this one just over an hour [...]

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The littlest Flamekeeper

| April 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
The littlest Flamekeeper

Another bluegrass baby! Charlie Lawson, who plays guitar and sings lead with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, is celebrating the birth of his first child, along with his wife, Melissa. Joyln Annette Lawson was born earlier today (4/4) at 1:55 a.m. at the Terre Haute Regional [...]

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More remembrances of Earl Scruggs

| March 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
More remembrances of Earl Scruggs

The tributes to Earl Scruggs are coming in faster than we can get them posted! No surprise, given the tremendous impact he had on musicians worldwide, and personally on the many friends he made in the bluegrass and country music industry. A public funeral will [...]

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Paisley studio shots

| March 16, 2012 | 0 Comments
Paisley studio shots

Tom Mindte of Patuxent Music sent along these photos of Danny Paisley in the studio with the Southern Grass, taken by Michael G. Stewart. They are tracking this week for a new album to be released on Pauxent later this year.

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Danny Paisley in the studio

| March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment
Danny Paisley in the studio

Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass are in the studio tracking a new project for Patuxent Music. No details yet about songs to be included, nor a release date, but we do know that Danny is recording with Doug Meek on fiddle, Mark Delaney on [...]

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All-Stars signal Festival Season is coming

| February 15, 2012 | 0 Comments
All-Stars signal Festival Season is coming

Forget the groundhog and his dismal forecast of six more weeks of winter. I saw a sure sign Sunday night that spring – and bluegrass festival season – is just around the corner. The occasion was the All-Star Jam at the Birchmere Music Hall just [...]

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2012 Bluegrass All-Star Jam

| February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
2012 Bluegrass All-Star Jam

This past few years have seen a bluegrass variety show travel across the eastern US, billed as the Bluegrass All-Star Jam. Over the years it has hit dozens of cities, with a live concert featuring a bevy of top bluegrass artists performing together in a [...]

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Study with Michael Cleveland

| December 15, 2011 | 0 Comments
Study with Michael Cleveland

Fiddlers in the Louisville, KY area – or those willing to make the trek – will have the opportunity to study privately with Michael Cleveland next year. Jeff Guernsey’s Conservatory of Music in Jeffersonville, IN (just across the river from Louisville), will host Michael as [...]

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Frank Wakefield Tribute To Bill Monroe

| November 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
Frank Wakefield Tribute To Bill Monroe

Frank Wakefield spent a lot of time Saturday night telling people how lousy he is. “I’m the world’s worst mandolin player,” he told a full house in Garrett Park, Md. “If you don’t believe it, just ask me.” Later, after the show, Wakefield told me [...]

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