We posted last year about the formation of Seneca Rocks!, a new part-time bluegrass band made up of prominent veteran performers. The group include Dudley Connell on guitar, Tom Adams on banjo, David McLaughlin on mandolin, Sally Love on
Bluegrass recording news
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Rural Rhythm embraces digital distribution
Rural Rhythm Records has just announced the signing of a digital distribution agreement with existing physical distributor RYKO. RYKO has been handling physical "brick & mortar" distribution for Rural Rhythm for over ten years. Our goal is to provide our artists
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New from Flatpicking Guitar
The March/April issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is on the newsstands and in the mail. many subscribers may already have received their copy. The cover feature is on St. Louis flatpicker and instructor, Bull Harman. Other articles this month include
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Important IBMA deadlines approaching
Recent updates on the official IBMA web site list a number of important deadlines to keep in mind. April 16 is the last date to apply for funding from their International Outreach Program, which issues grants to further projects that "foster
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Three great re-issues due from Rebel
Rebel Records is continuing their laudable efforts to get classic LPs released on CD, and/or for digital download. Many serious bluegrass fans had feared that much of the recorded legacy of bluegrass music might become unavailable when digital media took
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Ry Cooder embraces old time and bluegrass influences
Ry Cooder is an artist who has been impossible to peg. One project may be an affectionate, audiophile reexamination of 1920's American jazz, and the next a recreation of 1950s dance music. He has recently emerged as a champion of Cuban
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Steve Gulley: Sounds Like Home
Steve Gulley recently left the band Mountain Heart to begin a new band effort with Phil Leadbetter and Alan Bibey. Grasstowne, as the new band is called, is currently in the studio working on a CD to be released later
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Aaron Tippin at work on a bluegrass CD
The more, the merrier! That's my personal reaction each time there is news of another mainstream pop or country artist who dips a toe into the bluegrass realm. Some, like Merle Haggard, come to bluegrass as an artistic exercise late
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Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper Bear Family release
Here's another post from our all-the-more regular contributor, Richard Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. Have you heard the rumours?
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Pinecastle new releases – and a new web site
Pinecastle Records has released three new CD projects this week, each of which we had previewed for you here prior to their street date. They have also launched a new, completely redesigned web site which Andy Evans at Pinecastle tells