Author: John Lawless

  • New Jerry Douglas album in June

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    Reso-guitar sensation Jerry Douglas has a new album set for a June release. Like most of his recent projects, Traveler will feature a mix of his instrumental compositions with vocal interpretations by an eclectic group of singers. And he'll be using

  • Bobby O remembers Rocky Top

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    Bobby Osborne has used the imminent release of his next album with Rocky Top X-Press as the occasion to record some remembrances of his storied career on video. The first episode of what is being called Bobby Osborne On The Air

  • Joy Kills Sorrow video at Rolling Stone

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    Boston's avant-grassers Joy Kills Sorrow has released a new music video, which debuted earlier today at the Rolling Stone web site. It's their first official music video release, and it's true to the band's art-above-all vibe. They collaborated with animators Liam Hurley

  • Concert DVD from Darin & Brooke

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    Darin & Brooke Aldridge have released a live concert DVD, featuring 14 tracks filmed on the set of The Bluegrass Road, an upcoming television series to be aired on the BlueHighways TV network, which debuts this Sunday, May 13. It's entitled

  • Todd Grebe and Angela Oudean duet project

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    Nora Jane Struthers isn't the only member of Bearfoot planning an outside project this Spring. Guitarist Todd Grebe and fiddler Angela Oudean have begun working as a duo. The pair, who partner as well in affairs of the heart, started their eponymous

  • My Name Is Jimmy Martin

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    If you don't recognize the name Ray Edwards, you probably will his music. His song Hard Rock Mountain Prison ('Til I Die) was a hit for IIIrd Tyme Out, as was Over In The Promised Land for Lou Reid & Carolina. Ray

  • Major milestone for Mike Kear

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    This weekend will mark the 500th episode of Music From Foggy Hollow, hosted by Australia's Mike Kear on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. That's quite an accomplishment in any medium, even more so in a niche market like bluegrass, and yet even more still

  • Pretty Little Girl From Galax video

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    IIIrd Tyme Out's music video for their hit song, Pretty Little Girl From Galax, is now available for online viewing. It was the first single from the band's current CD, Prime Tyme. The video follows the story line of the song,

  • Goat Rodeo from House of Blues on PBS

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    Regular readers may recall us posting back in January about acoustic supergroup Goat Rodeo Sessions doing a live concert simulcast to movie theaters across the US. The event was streamed from the House of Blues in Boston on January 31, and

  • WAMU looking for photos

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    WAMU's Bluegrass Country is getting ready to celebrate 45 years of playing bluegrass music on WAMU on July 2, and is asking listeners, fans and current/former colleagues to help them assemble a comprehensive photo history of the experience. A special