Author: John Lawless

  • Duhks debut CD to be released on Sugar Hill

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    Canadian acoustic-fusion group The Duhks created quite a stir when their self-titled CD was released on Sugar Hill Records earlier this year. The band has been touring extensively since that time, and new fans have been regularly frustrated by the

  • Deering Banjos – Made In America

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    John Ratzenberger's Made In America is a popular television program on the cable network, Travel Channel. The show journeys to sites all over the United States to highlight businesses, both large and small, who manufacture products here in America. A

  • Pickin’ On Nickel Creek

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    The newest release in the CMH Records Pickin' On series is just out, entitled Pickin' On Nickel Creek: A Bluegrass Tribute. 11 songs taken from the three Nickel Creek recordings are done in instrumental bluegrass arrangements, including The Lighthouse Tale,

  • Merry Christmas everyone!

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    On behalf of Brance and myself, Bluegrass Today wishes a safe, joyous and very Merry Christmas to all of our readers, advertisers and friends all over the world! We hope you find time to recall the value of family and

  • Rhonda Vincent on ice Christmas Day

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    Just a reminder about NBC's December 25th broadcast of their Holiday On Ice Christmas Special, airing on Sunday from 2:00-4:00 p.m. (EST). We made reference to this show before, and then again here, as it will feature a performance by

  • King Wilkie launches discussion board

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    Fans of bluegrass fashionistas, King Wilkie, may want to pay a visit to their new bulletin board discussion forum. The site is set up quite similarly to others of its type, and folks who frequent such chat sites should have

  • Pickin’ On Shania Twain coming in January

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    CMH Records has three new titles in their Pickin' On instrumental bluegrass series due in January 2006. To date, nearly 200 recorded projects have been released in the series, each featuring bluegrass arrangements of songs from the recorded repertoire of

  • NPR does bluegrass on Christmas Day

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    Tim Stafford and Rob Ickes of Blue Highway will be featured guests on the Christmas Day edition of NPR's All Things Considered radio program. Tim reports that they conducted a lengthy interview with Debbie Elliott, host of Weekend All Things

  • Christmas blogging – a reminder

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    Just a quick note to remind our readers that new content will continue to appear each day on Bluegrass Today through the Christmas weekend. If you have gotten into the habit of checking the site each day, we hope that

  • Episode #8 – Kerry Hay

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    In episode #8 of The GrassCast Brance has a conversation with Kerry Hay, owner of Hay Holler Records. Hay Holler has recently released a Christmas CD, Christmas with Hay Holler, and Kerry tells about the disc, the artists who are