Bluegrass band news

  • And the Bluegrass Grammy goes to…

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    The 2008 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album goes to Jim Lauderdale for The Bluegrass Diaries. Jim introduced his producer, Randy Kohrs, as he was accepting the award, and recognized all the pickers on the album by name. He also referenced each

  • And the Gospel Grammy goes to…

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    When you watch televised awards shows, you always hear about "awards presented earlier in the day." Well, that is when the niche music awards are presented, including ones of particular interest to readers of Bluegrass Today. The 2008 Grammy Award

  • Grasstowne on Blue Plate Special

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    Grasstowne will be appearing on a rare Saturday edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX FM in Knoxville, TN on February 9 at noon (EST). WDVX broadcasts at 89.9 FM, and listeners worldwide can catch the show via live streaming from

  • Mountain Heart in the Swiss Alps

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    Mountain Heart is just finishing up a brief tour in Switzerland, and have sent along a few "What I did on my Alpine vacation" photos for all us to enjoy. Jim VanCleve has promised us another photo essay before they head

  • Josh Williams on the road

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    Recently we told you about the announcement of the Josh Williams Band. Josh has since let us know some more specifics of his plans for the 2008 festival season. For the next two weekends, Josh will be performing with the Alecia

  • Kati Penn Band adds new members

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    There have been a couple new additions to The Kati Penn Band over the last couple of months. We missed them, but Kati wrote in to let us know about them. Back in December, James Kee joined the band on mandolin.

  • Brandon Godman to New Found Road

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    Fiddler Brandon Godman has come onboard with New Found Road, effective this past weekend. He did his first shows with the band at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville - where they picked up an award for Gospel Group of the

  • Six Minutes Apart

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    Most of us can remember, and will tell the story with enthusiasm, how we became interested in bluegrass music. Many of those stories would be similar, "I heard it on the radio and had to pull my car over" or

  • New Found Road CD coming along

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    New Found Road is also in the studio finishing up a new project. Guitarist and lead vocalist Tim Shelton tells us that they have completed the instrument tracking and have started in on vocals. Jim VanCleve is producing. "There are some really

  • Carrie Hassler back in the studio

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    We got a note from Jim VanCleve this morning with news about his next producing project, the upcoming CD from Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain. Jim had produced their self-titled debut release for Rural Rhythm in 2006 and when we