Tim O'Brien was a guest this week on Folk Alley, where folk, acoustic, Americana and Celtic music is streamed 24/7. He performed several songs from his 2008 release, Chameleon, just as he did on the CD - solo, with just his
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Stringdusters Ski Tour 2009
The Infamous Stringdusters are finishing up their annual Colorado tour this week, and banjo man Chris Pandolfi has posted the first of a promised four travelogue videos. This initial installment runs seven and a half minutes and finds the band in
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Sam Bush interview on YouTube
Here's a fun interview with Sam Bush, conducted by members of blues-rockers The Band Of Heathens on their bus during the recent Ski Jam 2009 in Steamboat Springs, CO. Sam talks about the "old days," and tells how Strength In Numbers
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Bluegrass Billy Idol
With the advent of Guitar Hero, anyone is a, well... guitar hero. Microsoft has taken that concept to the art of songwriting with their newest software offering, Songsmith. With Songsmith you can write songs, even if you don't know music. Sounds
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Raconteurs with Skaggs on CMT
We've posted a couple of times recently about the reworked acoustic version of Old Enough from alt-rock stalwarts The Raconteurs, featuring a guest appearance by Ricky Skaggs. The video, which also features Ashley Monroe on vocals, has become a staple
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Cherryholmes video on YouTube
The video for the remix of Cherryholmes' This Is My Son which we mentioned last week, is completed, and posted on YouTube. The video is made up entirely from images of US service members sent in by family members and friends,
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Flatt & Scruggs TV Shows – Volumes 7 & 8
Volumes 7 and 8 of the fantastic series of DVDs of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Shows from the 1950s and 1960s will be released by Shanachie Records on February 24. One of these sets features the earliest surviving show, from
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Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys – Four On The Floor
Not many American bands have invested in a DVD recording of their show. For a British band to do so it is positively ground-breaking. That's what the west of England quartet the Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys have done and with good
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Picking at Peaceful Bend
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has committed to capturing performances by today's top practitioners of the flatpicking art, and bringing those performances to guitar players everywhere via DVD. Over the last several years they have put forth a number of such DVDs. Each
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Bluegrass Jamboree DVD from Pinecastle
Pinecastle Records has put together a DVD compilation from their many hours of live video footage, which they have released as Bluegrass Jamboree. The 60 minute DVD contains live performances from some of the top names on the label, including The