Lou Reid & Carolina have a new CD, Callin' Me Back Home, ready to go, with a debut single just released via Airplay Direct. The song is Carolina Moonshine Man, written by Reid, Ray Edwards and Terry Foust. Lou tells us that the
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WaPo goes all Mike Auldridge on us
Today's (1/30) edition of The Washington Post has a lengthy special feature on DC native and bluegrass reso-legend Mike Auldridge. The article By Bill Friskics-Warren chronicles Mike's discovery of the instrument, and his storied career in bluegrass music through the eyes
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Jimmy Gaudreau – Pieces and Bits
Jimmy Gaudreau has a new CD from Goose Creek Music, entitled Pieces and Bits. It's just what the title suggests - recordings of all manner of mandolin music featuring Jimmy with a who's who of acoustic instrumental all-stars. The tunes
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Big fun at ResoSummit 2010
We heard yesterday from Rob Ickes, who shared some details about this year's ResoSummit, the 4-day resonator guitar symposium he hosts annually in Nashville. A series of workshops and performances occur at the Scarritt Bennett conference center and the Station
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Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor
A very special CD project is released today on the E1 Entertainment label (formerly Koch Records). The album, Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor, is the brainchild of celebrated resonator guitarist Jerry Douglas, who produced and recorded this project as
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Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac – Takeoff
Takeoff is a fitting title for the debut release from Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac. There has been great interest in this assembly of bluegrass veterans since they first got together just over a year ago, and their
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Dede Wyalnd wins big at The Wammies
Last night (2/28) saw the presentation of the 24th annual Washington Area Music Association awards at the at the historic State Theatre in Falls Church, VA. This organization exists to highlight the diverse and robust professional music scene in the DC
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Kel Audio announces Song Sparrow microphone
Kel Audio has made a number of converts in the bluegrass world this past few years. Founder Kelly Dueck never set out to build a "bluegrass microphone," but he has found them embraced by such stellar grassers as Mike Auldridge,
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Darren Beachley signs with Patuxent Records
Only a few weeks after receiving notification that Darren Beachley had left Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver to form his own band, Beachley has signed a recording contract with Patuxent Records. Beachley joined forces with Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray, Norman Wright and
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Darren Beachley & Legends of The Potomac
We told you two weeks ago that Darren Beachley was leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Now we hear from Darren that he has his new band ready to go - and quite a band it is. He is billing the show