Author: John Lawless

  • Ron Stewart and The Dan Tyminski Band

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    We posted last week from IBMA about the imminent debut of The Dan Tyminski Band in 2008. The band will feature Dan on guitar and vocals, along with Adam Steffey on mandolin, Barry Bales on bass, Justin Moses on fiddle

  • Cheryholmes interview on CMT.com

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    CMT.com has an article on Cherryholmes up today by Edward Morris. The article describes how the popular family band came to be - a story that will be familiar to their many fans - and includes a lengthy interview with patriarch

  • Marshall Wilborn to Flamekeeper

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    Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper have announced that veteran bass player Marshall Wilborn has joined the band, and will appear with them on stage starting this weekend. I had been expecting this announcement since last week, as the new band photo (to

  • Sammy Shelor on WWB

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    Also on Internet radio today is Uncle Billy Dunbar's interview with Sammy Shelor of Lonesome River Band on WorldWideBluegrass.com. Dunbar sat down with Sammy at the Nebraska Bluegrass Festival in Lincoln, NE and they discussed the band's fall schedule and

  • Lovell Sisters on WDVX

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    Musical guests today (10/11) on WDVX's Blue Plate Special will be The Lovell Sisters. These three young women are already experienced performers, though still in their teens or early twenties. Megan plays resophonic guitar, Rebecca mandolin, and Jessica fiddle and

  • Still more IBMA photos

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    OK... here is our final photo gallery from the 2007 IBMA Awards show on October 4 in Nashville. Special thanks to Tami Roth for getting us such superb photos. If you would like to see all of our coverage of the

  • Live McCoury CD?

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    The Del McCoury Band is set to record two live shows next week, with an eye towards a possible live CD release. The shows are next Wednesday and Thursday (10/17-18) at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA. The folks

  • Grasstowne Fan Fest video

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    Grasstowne made quite a splash at IBMA last week, partly because it was the first chance a great many people in bluegrass had to see and hear them perform live. To help combat that very issue, the band filmed a good

  • Crowd Favorites from Claire Lynch

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    Claire Lynch's latest Rounder release, Crowd Favorites, is out this week. As we mentioned in an earlier post, the CD includes both previously-released tracks from her prior Rounder projects, and four re-recorded songs from her Front Porch String Band days. There

  • IBMA Awards show reception

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    As promised, we'll have a couple more photo galleries from last week's IBMA festivities in Nashville. Here is a batch of photos from the party held backstage at The Grand Ole Opry house just prior to Thursday's International Bluegrass Music