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Tag: Tony Rice
The Dogs of Bluegrass
With dog talk seemingly taking over the US Presidential race, it seems like a perfect time to highlight this clever piece of work from Zach White. Zach is a country/bluegrass musician currently studying commercial music at Belmont University, where he performs with the student bluegrass ensemble. [...]
Skaggs & Rice vinyl reissue in April
Sugar Hill Records has announced that they will re-release the classic Skaggs & Rice album on vinyl as part of their annual celebration of Record Store Day on April 12. This 1980 recording from Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice has been one of the top-selling [...]
Lou Reid & Carolina go their own way
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 song is based on [...]
First Tear from Akira Otsuka
Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man are Tony Rice, Kenny Smith, Phil Rosenthal, Chris Stifel, Al Petteway and David Grier on guitar; Rickie Simpkins, Phil Bloch and Janice Martin on [...]
Album of the Week #12 – Tony Rice’s Me and My Guitar
Since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I decided to select a great album which you and your honey can enjoy while heading to your reservations at Waffle House. (Don’t believe me? WH is actually taking reservations for candlelit fancy steak dinners this Valentine’s Day, but [...]
Baucom, Rice and Mountain Heart
Mountain Heart performed in Augusta, GA on Friday evening, along with special guests Terry Baucom and Tony Rice. On these shows, the material tends to focus on Rice’s rich catalog of music, as this video attests. It has Barry Abernathy taking on Tony’s vocal chores [...]
Tony Rice pays tribute to Big Mon
Tributes to Bill Monroe continue into the new year with the January 31, 2012 release by ace guitarist Tony Rice, The Bill Monroe Collection (Rounder Records). The material, consisting of 14 songs and instrumentals by Monroe, was recorded by Rice in a variety of band configurations [...]
Daniel Mullins’ Album of the Week – Tony Rice’s Church Street Blues
As a bluegrass disc jockey and retailer, I have noticed an epidemic within our beloved bluegrass community. A plague threatens the growth of young listeners into mature fans, this virus called “Albumitis!” Albumitis-n.- a glaring musical gap between Flatt & Scruggs’ Greatest Hits and Dailey [...]
Tony Rice recovering at home
Pam Rice has posted that she has brought Tony home from the hospital, where he is continuing treatment for pneumonia. She says that he does not generally tolerate antibiotics or steroids well, but that he is taking his medications and trying to regain his strength. [...]
Tony Rice diagnosed with pneumonia
Tony Rice has been diagnosed with pneumonia, and has had to cancel all tour dates for the indefinite future. He had been enduring a chronic upper respiratory illness for some time, which had been presumed to be bronchitis. Now that the pneumonia has been identified, he [...]
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