Bluegrass band news

  • Tina Adair – back with a new band

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    Tina Adair made quite a name for herself in bluegrass before many performers her age had played their first show. Her family band, The Adairs, won the 1996 Pizza Hut Bluegrass Showdown when Tina was 17 years old, and within

  • Mountain Heart does Stonehenge

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    Mountain Heart is in England this weekend, where they performed at the Didmarton Festival in Gloucestershire. Before the fest, however, the boys were able to get in a bit of sightseeing, and sent along these photos from Stonehenge. Bass man Jason

  • Rob Ickes at the Red Sea

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    I could hear the excitement in Rob Icke's voice when I spoke with him earlier this week about his recent trip to Israel. He and pianist Michael Alvey made the trip to perform at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eliat,

  • Robin Davis, Casey Henry to the Bee-Liners

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    Colorado guitar picker Robin Davis has joined forces with the Dixie Bee-Liners. Former guitarist Jonathan Maness left the group in June, and the Bee-Liners had been touring with fill-ins until Robin came on board. Buddy Woodward, mandolinist and co-manager of the

  • Davidson Brothers – an IBMA success story

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    Australia's Davidson Brothers (Hamish and Lachlan) are packing for the US, leaving tomorrow (9/4) for a month touring the States with their band in tow. Theirs is a story of determination and tenacity, and it shows what can be accomplished when

  • Ryan Roberts to Special C

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    This just in from Greg Cahill, founder and fearless leader of Special Consensus... Justin Carbone is leaving the band at the end of September! His final performance as a Special C member will be at the Denton, NC festival on September

  • Ferguson, Holmes and Henry

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    We just heard from Gary Ferguson, recently home from a three week tour in Ireland. He wanted share some news about a new project he has in the works. After touring the past two years in Ireland with Janet Holmes and

  • Bill Emerson to Rural Rhythm

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    Rural Rhythm has snapped up another top name in bluegrass, announcing today that Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie will release their next CD in 2010 on the California-based label. The band is fronted by banjo legend Bill Emerson, with Wayne Lanham

  • David Davis on Alabama Arts

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    David Davis was interviewed recently by Alabama Arts Radio for a broadcast on August 23. The wide-ranging discussion with Deborah Boykin includes his memories of The Louvin Brothers, Charlie Monroe and his uncle Cleo Davis, who played with Bill Monroe and