Author: John Lawless

  • Blue Highway studio pics

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    Rob Ickes sent along a few photos from the Blue Highway tracking sessions this past week at Maggard's Studio in Big Stone Gap, VA. The guys were hard at work on their 9th album of new material, which will once

  • Blue Highway back in the studio

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    Tim Stafford checked in this morning with news about the next Blue Highway CD. "We started our 9th studio project – not counting compilations – this week at Maggard's Studio in Big Stone Gap, VA, where we've worked on the last

  • Ashlee Blankenship signs with Mountain Fever

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    Mountain Fever has released a single for their newest artist, Ashlee Blankenship and Blades of Blue. This young group from southwest Virginia is fronted by 23 year old vocalist Blankenship, with Joshua Underwood on banjo, Dustin Pyrtle on guitar, Jimmy Creed

  • Van Manakas on WFDU

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    We've sung the praises of guitarist Van Manakas here on Bluegrass Today, particularly with regard to his CD, Leavin' Tennessee, which he recorded with Butch Baldassari while Butch was still healthy enough to play his mandolin. It is a terrific

  • Sparks guitar discontinued

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    OK... so discontinued isn't the right word, but there will be no more of these solid wood, Larry Sparks Blueridge guitars made. When Saga Music introduced their BR-3060 guitar as a Sparks signature model in 2009, it was marketed as

  • This is how Dailey & Vincent roll

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    Dailey & Vincent have been riding high this past few years, winning awards, selling out shows, and garnering critical acclaim for their popular recordings. Their home-away-from-home, beloved tour bus The Mark, criss-crosses the country time and again, taking the band

  • Professional development webinar series from IBMA

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    The International Bluegrass Music Association has scheduled a pair of online cyber-conferences designed to assist members with continued professional development. They are geared towards industry pros (artists, agents, promoters, etc) but is not limited to IBMA members. The first, Creating Strategic

  • Do What God Said Do

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    The King James 1611 Boys, a gospel bluegrass band from the upstate of SC, have just released a new CD, Do What God Said Do. Recorded at Crossroads Studio, the new album includes 12 tracks, including two new band originals. A

  • Monroe Crossing Live

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    Minnesota's Monroe Crossing has released a live concert DVD, filmed in February of this year at the Chautauqua Fine Arts Theater in Mahtomedi, MN. Monroe Crossing Live contains 16 songs, primarily band originals, along with crowd favorites like Dueling Banjos, Orange