This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. The Gibson Brothers - Eric on banjo, Leigh on guitar - began their musical
Author: Richard Thompson
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Curly Seckler on the road again!
Following his appearance on Saturday night (5/2) at The Station Inn for the launch of the Paul Warren tribute CD, 89 year old bluegrass legend Curly Seckler will be on the road again this month. On this coming Saturday, May 9,
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Steep Canyon Rangers back Steve Martin
After supporting one bluegrass music veteran on several dates recently, Rebel recording artists Steep Canyon Rangers will be appearing with banjo player-cum-actor Steve Martin on the west coast at Club Nokia in Los Angeles next Monday, May 11. The show to
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Light In The Window
This column, containing brief reviews of recent CD releases by Richard Thompson, is published in the current (Spring 2009) edition of British Bluegrass News. As it is a lengthy piece, we will break it into two parts, and run the
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Vern Gosdin, R.I.P.
Vern Gosdin, who was known simply as "The Voice," passed away yesterday (4/28) in a Nashville hospital. The cause of death is not known at this time, but Gosdin is reported as having suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. Vern
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2009 Merlefest contest winners
One of the many wonderful facets of Merlefest is the various competitions that take place each year during the festival. Firstly, there is the annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest in which there are four categories. This year's winners are Love Gone By
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Easter and Lewis families take Dove Awards
Jeff & Shari Easter, the Lewis Family and the Easter Brothers were the proud winners of both Dove Awards in the bluegrass category at a ceremony at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, on Thursday evening (4/23). They took the
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Spring 2009 BMP has arrived
The May/June edition of Bluegrass Music Profiles helped to fill the mail box this past Saturday morning. This latest edition of the glossy bi-monthly magazine has as its main feature a six-page, wide-ranging profile of that prolific bluegrass song writing duo
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The Crow headed for a Rounder release
Steve Martin's The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo, hitherto available exclusively on Amazon.com will be released on the Rounder Records label on May 19. (Cat. No. 0647) The Rounder CD will have one extra track - a remixed
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Paul Warren CD release party
Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman will mark the release of the new CD A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren with a special show at the Station Inn in Nashville on Saturday, May 2. The CD features Johnny Warren playing a superb