Longtime New South bandmates Ricky Wasson and Dwight McCall are set to release a new duo project in Spring 2012 on Rural Rhythm Records. No, they're not leaving J. D. Crowe and the New South, they're just doing what pretty
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A second Skaggs Family Christmas
What better way to begin a Christmas album than with the old Tex Logan tune, Christmas Time’s a Coming? If you ask Ricky Skaggs, you’ll probably find out quickly that there is none, as it's the first track on a recent
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Foggy Mountain Jamboree to Grammy Hall of Fame
The Recording Academy® has announced the latest additions to its legendary Grammy Hall Of Fame® collection. Included in this select few in the 2012 inductees to the Grammy Hall of Fame® is the Columbia Records’ 1957 album by Lester Flatt and
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Daniel Mullins’ Album of the Week – Tony Rice’s Church Street Blues
As a bluegrass disc jockey and retailer, I have noticed an epidemic within our beloved bluegrass community. A plague threatens the growth of young listeners into mature fans, this virus called “Albumitis!" Albumitis-n.- a glaring musical gap between Flatt & Scruggs’ Greatest
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Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration Live At Bean Blossom event
On Sunday, November 20, 2011, Rural Rhythm Records and some of its brightest stars gathered to celebrate the release of Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration Live At Bean Blossom, a live recording of 12 selections from Rural Rhythm's family of
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John Cowan Band live recording this weekend
If it seems like we haven't heard much from John Cowan of late, it's because we haven't. In October of '10, John accepted the full-time bass position with The Doobie Brothers, a job he had held previously for more than 10
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Merry Christmas from Donna Ulisse
Yeah, yeah... it's not even Thanksgiving yet. But things move fast these days, and Donna Ulisse is out with a pair of original Christmas tracks to help you celebrate in bluegrass/acoustic style. And we do mean move fast. These songs were
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Bill Monroe tribute – Live at Bean Blossom
Bill Monroe’s 100th year celebration continues with the release on November 22 of the Rural Rhythm Records album Bill Monroe 100th Year Celebration - Live at Bean Blossom. The commemorative album was recorded during the 45th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean
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The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent
Just announced yesterday, Rounder recording artists Dailey & Vincent will be releasing their next recording, a collection of gospel music titled The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent, to be available exclusively at all Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations. If it ain't
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Karl Shiflett back in the studio
Take Me Back is the name of the upcoming project from Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, expected in January 2012 on Karl's KSBC Music label. This will be his first new release since 2003, and serves to introduce a number of