Tag: Randy Kohrs

Go the Road – Tiller’s Folly

| March 13, 2012 | 0 Comments
Go the Road – Tiller’s Folly

It wasn’t too many years ago that the concept of a “band” began to change from simplistic to more complicated definitions. In fact, at the turn of the last century, many individuals would have considered the act of two people playing together (most commonly fiddle [...]

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Life Goes On – Music from the MACC II

| February 3, 2012 | 0 Comments
Life Goes On – Music from the MACC II

We’ve written many times about the magnificent work done by Darrel and Phyllis Adkins at their annual Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival in Ohio. Top bluegrass acts make the trip each summer and perform at no charge, with proceeds from the festival being donated to St. Jude [...]

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Little Did They Know

| December 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
Little Did They Know

Little Did They Know is latest Christmas single from the Rural Rhythm Christian label. It was written by IBMA-nominated songwriter Rick Lang, and produced by Stephen Mougin. The track features vocals by his wife Jana Mougin, formerly lead singer with the popular European bluegrass band Fragment, with [...]

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Randy Kohrs at the Hall of Fame

| October 30, 2011 | 0 Comments
Randy Kohrs at the Hall of Fame

Resonator guitarist extraordinaire Randy Kohrs will be conducting an instrument demonstration at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN. It is set for this afternoon (October 30th) at 1:00 p.m. The focus of the discussion will be the history of the resophonic guitar.  [...]

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Clay Hess – Rain

| September 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
Clay Hess – Rain

Longtime sideman Clay Hess is out with his third solo project, due for wide release during IBMA later this month. Rain finds Hess in his most familiar role: scorching the guitar, on both lead and rhythm. Since first hitting the national bluegrass scene with Ricky [...]

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Jim Lauderdale – Reason And Rhyme

| June 15, 2011 | 0 Comments
Jim Lauderdale – Reason And Rhyme

Jim Lauderdale is back with more of his Tex-Mex flavored, Buck Owens-inflected bluegrass on a new Sugar Hill CD, Reason And Rhyme, due June 21. Again he is paired with songwriting partner Robert Hunter and co-producer Randy Kohrs, who also adds vocals and resonator guitar. [...]

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Davidson Brothers are Here To Stay

| May 20, 2011 | 0 Comments
Davidson Brothers are Here To Stay

Aussie bluegrass brothers Hamish and Lachlan Davidson spent the last week of April in the US, tracking for their next Davidson Brothers album Here To Stay. They were assisted by Mike Bubb on bass, Bryan Sutton on guitar, Randy Kohrs on reso and Aubrey Haynie [...]

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Randy Kohrs and the Blind Boys of Alabama

| May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
Randy Kohrs and the Blind Boys of Alabama

We’ve posted many times on Bluegrass Today about the skills and accomplishments of Randy Kohrs. He is an artist/businessman who possesses that rare combination of natural talent, dogged determination and entrepreneurial zeal so important to success in our increasingly decentralized music industry. Kohrs is blessed [...]

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Mr. and Mrs. Kohrs

| April 28, 2011 | 0 Comments

Yesterday, April 27, long time companions and musical collaborators Randy Kohrs and Ashley Brown were married at a quiet, private ceremony in their Nashville home. Ashley said that they found a retired minister who was willing to come to the house, which is also the [...]

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It’s here – The Speed Of Bluegrass!

| March 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

Today’s the day! Our brand spanking new Bluegrass Blog theme song, The Speed Of Bluegrass, is now available as a digital single from iTunes or Amazon.com. We commissioned Jim VanCleve last year to compose a tune that would exemplify what we do here. As expected, [...]

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