Author: John Lawless

  • Nathan Stanley to Willow Creek Records

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    Nathan Stanley has signed with Nashville-based Willow Creek Records, who focus primarily on the Southern Gospel market. A new Stanley CD, Every Mile, is set for an April 15 release on Willow Creek. The label is run by Terry and Rhonda

  • Registration open for KSMU Youth in Bluegrass

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    Registrations are now being accepted for the 2014 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held during the annual Bluegrass and BBQ festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. The competition, which awards $4000 in prize money over 5 places, will be

  • Special Consensus tribute to John Denver

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    Compass Records announced earlier today that the next album from Special Consensus would be a star-studded tribute to popular 1970s singer/songwriter John Denver. Country Boy: A Bluegrass Tribute to John Denver will feature  the current Speial C, along with guest appearances

  • On Tour video from Tony Trischka

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    To help promote his brand new album, Great Big World, Tony Trischka has released an online video. Tony Trischka - A Day On Tour follows our banjo hero for a day performing last year with Béla Fleck, Noam Pikelny, and several others,

  • Seth Taylor to Dailey & Vincent

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    Nashville is a town where dreams go to die. Week after week, buses disgorge aspiring superstars with three things in common. They're young, they're talented, and they'll never have a career in music. But sometimes, talented youngsters do find their way

  • Into My Own from Bryan Sutton

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    Bluegrass guitarist Bryan Sutton has accomplished an awful lot since he first appeared on the scene with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder in 1995. This was at the beginning of Skaggs' return to his bluegrass roots, and Sutton was enlisted

  • Sleepy Man Banjo Boys – Run

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    Justin who...? Will the next teen heartthrobs be a trio of bluegrass brothers from New Jersey? The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys captured the world's attention in 2010 when home movie style videos of them practicing in their bedroom struck gold on

  • New from Washburn for 2014

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    During January's NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, Washburn introduced several new instrument models that should be of interest to bluegrass and acoustic musicians. Their R360K offers a resonator guitar with a parlor sized body, with a shaded spruce top and back

  • Travis Frye to Kindred Records

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    Travis Frye and Blue Mountain is the latest act to sign with Kindred Records. Their first album with the label, Living in a Moment, is expected this Spring. The North Carolina band is fronted by Frye, guitarist, lead singer and afternoon host