Colorado's Palmer Divide is set to release a new CD, Shenandoah Train, on June 2. This will be their fourth recording project since the band was formed in 2004 with the goal of highlighting their original compositions and arrangements. The band
Author: John Lawless
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Down Home from Josh Williams
Bluegrass crooner Josh Williams has just finished work on his third solo project for Pinecastle Records. The album is tentatively titled Down Home, for a Carl Jackson song Josh sings on the CD, with a release date anticipated later this summer.
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Steve Martin on Idol video
In case you mssed it on Fox last night, here is the video of Steve Martin performing on American Idol. The song is Pretty Flowers from his current release, The Crow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPK5sEG_yJ8
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20 Years of The Larry Stephenson Band
Larry Stephenson is putting the finishing touches on a 20th Anniversary CD with The Larry Stephenson Band, which will be released on Pinecastle Records. Has it really been that long? The primary tracking started in late October of '08 at Ben
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More Monroe stampers
Here are a few more photos that just came in of prominent bluegrass artists hopping on the Bill Monroe Stamp campaign. When The Infamous Stringdusters were at the Bluegrass Country studios yesterday in DC, Jen Hitt asked them to add their
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Young grassers in The Boston Globe
This past Sunday's (5/17) edition of The Boston Globe carried a feature by Scott Alarik about the emergence of more and more young folk artists on the scene. The article has a Boston angle, as you might expect, but it does
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The Road Home – Butch Baldassari tribute CD
A new CD has been released from Sound Art Recordings as a tribute to the late Butch Baldassari, who founded the company, and ran it until his death earlier this year. Butch was a true leader in the mandolin world -
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Steve Martin on Idol finale
I had to rub my eyes after first reading this press release! Steve Martin will be performing with his banjo tonight on the American Idol finale program. He'll be doing one of his songs from The Crow, officially released today (5/20)
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Bill Monroe stamp campaign picks up steam
We've made mention in the past about the campaign to convince the US Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp honoring the musical contributions of Bill Monroe. According to the USPS guidelines, such stamps can not be issued until ten years
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NEA Award for Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger has been named as the recipient of the 2009 Bess Lomax Hawes Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Seeger has spent most of his life performing and recording traditional American string music, starting with a memorable stint