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  • Bluegrass impressionists

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    Ashby Frank is a talented musician who, despite his youth, has already been a part of several notable ensembles. At 24 years old, Ashby - who is the current mandolinist with Special Consensus - has toured with Marty Raybon, Alecia

  • Satire: RIAA criminalizes remembering songs

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    Newstarget.com published a satire piece last month that is worth the read. The piece builds on a recent lawsuit in which the RIAA maintained that copying a legally purchased CD to your computer's internal hard drive amounts to making

  • IBMA theme song on iTunes

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    We told you last fall about the new theme song for the IBMA Awards Show, The Road From Rosine, which debuted in October '07 at the show in Nashville. The song was written by Mountain Heart fiddler Jim VanCleve at the

  • Grascals on WSM Thursday

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    The Grascals will join Eddie Stubbs tomorrow night (1/10) on WSM for a special 2 hour live radio show from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. They will appear from 8:00-10:00 p.m. (EST) on An Intimate Evening

  • Randy Kohrs…International Musician

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    The January 2008 issue of International Musician features a story about the multi-talented Randy Kohrs. International Musician is the official trade magazine published by the American Federation of Musicians. The magazine is only available to union members. If you're a member,

  • Free audio from Acoustic Disc

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    The folks at Acoustic Disc are offering free daily downloads from their web site. A different track will be available each day from one of their many fine audio recordings. Acoustic Disc is the label owned by David Grisman, and tracks

  • Blue Highway – Through the Window of a Train

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    Bluegrass super group Blue Highway is about to release their latest CD, Through the Window of a Train. With the release coming in February, they've just released a short (under 8 minutes) video EPK. The video was produced by Nashville filmmaker

  • Haggard talks bluegrass on NPR

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    National Public Radio's afternoon news and information show, All Things Considered, featured an interview with Merle Haggard yesterday (1/3) about his 2007 release, The Bluegrass Sessions. The Hag spoke with Melissa Block about his life at 70 years old and his