If you recognize the folks in the photo above as Junior Sisk's band, you aren't far wrong. Noticing Junior's obvious absence, one might be tempted to say... "hey, what's up with that?" Well, this is Red Camel Collective, a new outfit
Author: John Lawless
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What I’m For video from Dave Adkins
Billy Blue Records has produced a music video for their current single with powerhouse bluegrass singer Dave Adkins, What I'm For, which is also the title track of his latest album, just recently released. It's an anthemic ballad from writers Marc
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Russ Carson in the pink after hand surgery
No... that's not a stigmata on Russ Carson's right hand. The crackerjack banjo picker with Ricky Skaggs is just off a full month of banjo rest following carpal tunnel surgery. This inflammatory disorder has afflicted a number of banjo players. It
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Sixteen Tons from Clay Hess
Bluegrass super picker and bandleader Clay Hess has a new single to share this week, his cut of the Merle Travis classic, Sixteen Tons. This hard core coal mining song was first recored by Travis in 1946, though it was Tennessee
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We Just Disagree from Volume Five
Volume Five has a new single on tap this week, a grassed up remake of a 1977 hit from British rocker Dave Mason. It's their version of We Just Disagree, written by Jim Krueger, who sang harmony on the original cut,
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Fundraiser for Billy Redden, Duelin’ Banjos banjo boy
During the summer of 1972, a movie called Deliverance shook things up in the United States. The film itself, and its intensely negative portrayal of residents of the Appalachian region of northern Georgia offered a view of mountain folk that
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GallagherFest launches in Murfreesboro, TN
Great news for bluegrass and guitar pickin' fans in Murfreesboro, TN! With the end of the long running Uncle Dave Macon Days festival downtown, the city and community leaders have created a new event to bring people back for acoustic and
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What I Know Now from Steve Bruce
Banjo pickin' pastor Steve Bruce is back with another single, this time the title track of his current album, What I Know Now. Bruce, pastor at Faith Way Assembly Of God in LaFollette, TN, has produced a full album of original
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Troy Stangle passes
Troy Strangle - photo by Chuck Neel Banjo player and resonator guitarist Troy Stangle has passed away at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer. Troy was a longtime member of All4Hym and Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band in Maryland. He assisted
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Summer Brooke is back as an author, and on TV
One of our favorite artists over the past decade has been Summer Brooke McMahan, in her time with her family band Mountain Faith, on her own, and with her brother as Summer & Bray. We followed the rapid rise of