Ever heard of moving portraits? Me neither. But that's the idea behind the Musician Portrait Project, a new venture between photographer Derek Brad and his business partner Jeffrey Rayfield. Their concept is to use silent video - shot with high quality
Author: John Lawless
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Rhonda Vincent on the Better Show
As part of her recent New York City media blitz, Rhonda Vincent visited the Better Network. She sat down with hosts of their flagship program, The Better Show, JD Roberto and Rebecca Budig, and talked about her latest CD, Only Me. Vincent
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 4/15/14
Here's our Very Special Bluegrass Corespondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, previewing the Daughters of Bluegrass festival in Guyton, GA.
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Jim VanCleve exits Mountain Heart [updated]
It's the end of an era. Fiddler Jim VanCleve has announced his departure from Mountain Heart, a group he helped found some years ago. At its onset, Jim, Barry Abernathy, and Steve Gulley started the band when they left Doyle Lawson
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Tony Mowell to NewTown
NewTown has announced Tony Mowell as their new bass player, just in time for the start of their 2014 touring season. With a strong new record, Time Machine, and a good bit of momentum from last year, the band has every
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Welcome James Munsey
Matt and Juliana Munsey are celebrating the birth of a son. James Alan Munsey was born this morning (4/14/14) at 5:53 a.m. Matt is the mandolinist with Monroeville, whose new album Can't Put Me Out has just recently been released. He tells us that James was named
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Two new capos from Planet Waves
Planet Waves, the accessories division of D'Addario, has announced a pair of new capos for fretted stringed instruments. The NS Artist Capo for guitar and the NS Banjo/Mandolin Pro aim to offer musicians features found in hand-tooled models at a
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Detour at Zellie’s Opry House
I mentioned over the weekend in the just how much I was enjoying Detour's latest album, Going Nowhere Fast. We'll have a review of the record soon, but in the meantime, here are a couple of videos shot earlier this month when
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Deadly Gentlemen on The Gondola Sessions
When you hear of a web music series called The Gondola Sessions, does your mind go to old Venice with a striped shirted gondolier serenading his charges through the canals? If so, you'd be dead wrong. This show comes from Aspen,
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Welcome Everett Chapman
John Chapman, of The Chapmans, and his wife Vickie are celebrating the birth of their first son, and third child. Everett Nathan Chapman was born yesterday (4/12/14) at 12:34 p.m. (CDT). John tells us that he is a big boy, weighing in