Bluegrass band news

  • Changes in hipville

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    News from Missy Raines & The New Hip... Original guitarist Megan McCormick has departed to pursue a career in indie rock, and 17 year old Dillon Hodges - 2007 Winfield Flatpicking Champion - is stepping in. Missy shares the mixed feelings that

  • Junior Sisk: Blue Side of the Blue Ridge

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    When I was in college at South Plains College studying bluegrass music, a new record would often create a stir among the students. One of those records was Wyatt Rice's Santa Cruz. That album introduced me to the soulful singing

  • Brandon Godman to Quicksilver

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    Young fiddler Brandon Godman has been announced as the newest member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, replacing veteran sideman Alan Johnson who is taking work outside of music. Brandon has been busy this past few years working with Karl Shiflett, Wildfire

  • Kati Penn Band additions

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    Kati Penn just wrote in to let us know about a couple new additions to her band. She has added Jimmy Redden on the 5-string banjo. Born in Soddy Daisy, TN, Jimmy has been playing the banjo since he was 10.

  • Doyle at Kennedy Center

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    Last night's (5/29) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver concert at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC can be viewed online. The show runs just over an hour and includes a number of Doyle's most popular numbers, plus several songs from his current

  • Spring Creek grabs another honor

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    Colorado's Spring Creek has another trophy for their mantle. On top of winning the band competitions at both the RockyGrass and Telluride festivals in 2007, they have now been named as the winners of the Vox Populi award from online

  • New CD from The Duhks this fall

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    Fast Paced World is the title of the fourth CD release from Canadian string band adventurists, The Duhks, due August 12 from Sugar Hill Records. The band has consistently avoided easy labels, with their eclectic mix of styles and influences, though

  • More Dusters video from Europe

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    We heard yesterday from Travis Book of The Infamous Stringdusters, filling us in on the band's ongoing European tour. The guys have been there since the beginning of May, and will be appearing in Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic until

  • New fiddler for Doyle

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    We hear from Suzanne Lawson that Alan Johnson, fiddler and bass singer with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver since March of 2007, will be leaving the group at the end of May. Alan has accepted a full-time position with the U.S. Postal