Bluegrass band news

  • Wayne Taylor coming back to Blue Highway

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    Blue Highway has announced that they will be back to full strength starting August 13 when Wayne Taylor returns from the disabled list to his position playing bass and singing with the group. Wayne has been sidelined since May when chest

  • Noah Brown to Darrell Webb

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    Darrell Webb has announced that Noah Brown has come aboard to play bass with the Darrell Webb Band. Barely out of his teens, Noah has already worked with Ralph Stanley II and Junior Sisk. He'll start working with Webb right

  • Monogram – There and Back Again

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    This article is a contribution from Pepa Malina, fiddler with Monogram, perhaps the longest established bluegrass band in eastern Europe. He tells an agonizing story about the group attempting to visit the US this summer to perform at the ROMP festival

  • Dan Kelly to Michael & Jennifer McLain

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    Michael & Jennifer McLain have announced the addition of Dan Kelly on fiddle, resulting in a new name for their act. Touring now as the Michael & Jennifer McLain Band featuring Dan Kelly, the group performs regularly at Arrington Vineyards,

  • Cody Hill leaving Darrell Webb Band

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    Banjo picker Cody Hill has announced that he is departing The Darrell Webb Band and leaving East Tennessee to return home to Indiana. His plans include resuming a career in the fiber optics industry, and filling in with a number of different

  • Laura Mainer to Radio Ramblers

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    Joe Mullins has announced today the addition of Laura Mainer to his Radio Ramblers team. Laura will handle tasks associated with booking representation and managing the band's office responsibilities from her home in East Tennessee. Mainer has both a bluegrass pedigree

  • Nick Dauphinais to Mountain Faith

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    Mountain Faith has made another personnel change this year, bringing Nick Dauphinais on board to play guitar after the departure of both David and Jimmy Meyer. Nick has been with the band this past few weeks. He joins modern bluegrass' current first family, the

  • Rickey Wasson Band launches

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    Rickey Wasson, long time guitarist and lead singer with J.D. Crowe and The New South, has announced the formation of his own group. The Rickey Wasson Band will tour in support of his new album, Croweology, released at the end