Author: Brance

  • Rounder and Borders Celebrate Bluegrass Month

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    May is Bluegrass Month and Rounder Records has teamed up with Borders Books & Music to promote and celebrate bluegrass music at all Borders stores nationwide. During the entire month, when you purchase a Rounder bluegrass release you'll receive

  • Bela Fleck & Chick Corea: The Enchantment

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    Banjo player Bela Fleck has joined forces with jazz pianist Chick Corea to record a duet album set to be released May 22, 2007. Fleck has been innovating almost as long as he's been playing the banjo. He's delved into the

  • Dr. Doyle Lawson

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    Doyle Lawson will soon be joining the ranks of bluegrass heros such as Ralph Stanley who have a Dr. in front of their names. We just found out that King College in Bristol, TN will be honoring Doyle with a

  • Butch Baldassari: Music of O’Carolan

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    Mandolinist Butch Baldassari has partnered with guitarist John Mock to release a CD of Irish harp music. The CD is composed entirely of tunes written by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan who lived from 1670-1737. The CD is appropriately titled

  • Niall Toner interviews Bela Fleck

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    Irish bluegrass affeniato Niall Toner, mandolin and guitar player with the Niall Toner Band, interviewed Bela Fleck during a recent trip the banjo player took to Ireland. The interview is set to be broadcast on RTE Radio 1, on which

  • James Alan Shelton: Walking Down The Line

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    Guitarist James Alan Shelton has informed us that his new CD, Walking Down The Line, is finished and will be released May 22 on his own label, Sheltone Records. Shelton plays lead guitar for Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys.

  • Doc meets Elvis

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    Merlefest 2007 is over and the reports are that it was a spectacular festival. I've heard several people recount for me the highlights of this year's event. But my friend Scott Rouse, a Nashville based producer, had what must have

  • Rounder signs The Steeldrivers

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    Rounder Records has announced the signing of The Steeldrivers to the Rounder label. The band is based in Nashville, TN and composed of the following musicians. Mike Henderson - mandolin Chris Stapleton - guitar Richard Bailey - banjo Mike Fleming - bass Tammy Rogers -

  • Randy Kohrs in USA TODAY

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    The Listen Up feature in the April 17th edition of USA TODAY lists the author's top ten music picks for the week. We don't often see straight up bluegrass featured in such lists, so it's nice to see Randy Kohrs

  • Skaggs & Hornsby on Conan

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    Thanks to The Mayor of Bluegrass for alerting us that Ricky Skaggs will be appearing on the Conan O'Brien show tonight at 11:30 PM CST. Skaggs will be appearing with Bruce Hornsby and performing a tune from their duet CD. If you're