Tag: Peter Rowan

Photos from Springfest

| April 1, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Milo Farineau sent this extensive gallery of images from the Suwanee Springfest in Florida, March 21-24. As is his habit, he captured scenes from the festival, both onstage and off.   Great job – thanks Milo!

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Bon Voyage! Mountain Song at Sea sets sail

| February 1, 2013 | 1 Comment
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All aboooaaaard! All aboard, and bring your…banjos? About 2000 bluegrass fans, artists and press are taking to the high seas of the Atlantic today, February 1, on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, for the maiden voyage of Mountain Song at Sea, the largest bluegrass festival [...]

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Breaking Down The Walls of Time in Roanoke

| December 5, 2012 | 0 Comments
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“Lost all my money but a two dollar bill Two dollar bill, boys, two dollar bill Lost all my money but a two dollar bill I’m on my long journey home.” Long Journey Home, as sung by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys Peter [...]

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Someday You Will video from Red Wine

| November 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Italy’s Red Wine has a new music video for Liz Meyer’s Someday You Will, a song from their latest album, Red. It’s a low key video, with the band assembled in a a comfortable living room to run through the song. It perfectly suits the [...]

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Formlessness Into Form part 1 now available

| November 2, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The first part of Formlessness Into Form, Chris Henry’s film on the creative process in the bluegrass world which we previewed last week, is now available online. It’s an interesting, if a bit offbeat documentary investigation, consisting almost entirely of interviews with bluegrass personalities discussing the [...]

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Peter Rowan prepares for European tour

| October 19, 2012 | 0 Comments
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As Peter Rowan prepares to tour Europe, he is in the Compass Records’ studio recording his second album for the label. Along with his current band, Keith Little (banjo), Paul Knight (bass) and Mike Witcher (resonator guitar), Rowan has been joined by the Travelin’ McCourys, [...]

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California Pickers – Paul Knight

| August 17, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Paul Knight is the best soundman on the west coast, and maybe beyond. I first knew him as a bassist, and I believe that is what he would call himself first. He is the bassist for Peter Rowan, as well as the current version of [...]

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RockyGrass Day 3

| July 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
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This report from RockyGrass is a contribution from Jake Schepps and Christian Sedelmyer. The day started out with a gorgeous gospel set with local stars The Blue Canyon Boys featuring KC Groves (of Uncle Earl).  They provided a beautiful start to the morning and it was wonderful to [...]

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Peter Rowan to tour with Mosier Brothers

| May 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Peter Rowan, who has see-sawed between traditional and experimental music throughout his career, has announced a four day run of dates with alt-grassers The Mosier Brothers in June. Rowan, of course, needs no introduction to most Bluegrass Today readers. He burst onto the scene as [...]

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Putumayo Bluegrass Collection searches for new ears

| May 14, 2012 | 4 Comments
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You might not agree with all of the song selections and artist choices on Putumayo’s Bluegrass Collection, which comes out May 22, but you have to acknowledge that Putumayo founder Dan Storper is getting the music we love in front of a lot of potential [...]

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