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Tag: Rob Ickes
Rob Ickes with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Catching up with reso-monster Rob Ickes this week, we learned that he has an upcoming show as the featured guest with the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, a big band of the sort that was the basis for pop music in the 1930s and ’40s. This “traditional” 17-piece group [...]
Blue Yodel #20 – Ask Mr. Blue Grass Smarty Pants
Guest Artist Quiz and Prizes This month’s guest artist is the rajah of the resophonic guitar, Rob Ickes. At an early age, Rob was kidnapped by pirates who left him on an island off the coast of California with nothing but a Dobro and a [...]
Mark Twain – Words & Music
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), was an American author and humorist better known by his pen-name Mark Twain. He is best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published in 1876) and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), [...]
Bill Monroe Day in Santa Cruz
Mayor Ryan Coonerty has declared December 4th as Bill Monroe Day in Santa Cruz, California. As part of the Bill Monroe centennial celebrations there will be two special shows in and around Santa Cruz to mark the occasion. At the first, The Peter Rowan Band will [...]
On the Brooklyn Road – Nell Robinson
After singing for twenty plus years almost exclusively within her car, Nell Robinson has set off on a new musical journey and solidified her place within roots music circles with her latest album. She includes many styles (ranging in scope from old time to Cajun-themed [...]
A note from Rob Ickes
Rob Ickes asked us to share this note regarding his absence at Thursdays IBMA Awards show, and his resulting inability to accept the 2011 Dobro Player of the Year award in person. “I wish I could have been at the awards show Thursday night. My [...]
Have a listen to The Blu-Disc
The folks at Pinecastle Music have graciously offered to share a live stream of the new CD from Nu-Blu, The Blu-Disc, with readers of The Bluegrass Blog. The album was released last week, the band’s second, and their first with Pinecastle. There’s a special justice [...]
Rob Ickes on Guitar Player cover
The August issue of Guitar Player magazine has bluegrass music’s own Rob Ickes right there on the cover, where you’ll more commonly find a metalhead with a threatening grimace. You can find the magazine on newsstands across the US, and in a good many music [...]
Donna Ulisse studio video
Donna Ulisse has released a music video for the song Her Heart Is A Stone Hard Ground, the first from her new album, An Easy Climb. They shot it the same day they recorded the track, right there at Ocean Way Nashville. Craig Havighurst of [...]
Big news from Rob Ickes
When we spoke with Rob Ickes earlier this week, he had some exciting news to share. First off, he had just found out that he will be featured on the cover of Guitar Player magazine in August. The editorial staff told Rob that this will [...]
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