Sierra Hull is spending this early part of 2013 tracking for her third Rounder Records album. They are recording at Ben Folds' Studio, the old RCA Studio A, designed by Chet Atkins in 1964. Vance Powell is engineering. In just the few
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Boxcars looking forward to 3rd CD
The Boxcars, two-time and reigning IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year, have recently completed recording for their next project, due this Spring from Mountain Home. The band's even more lavishly award-winning mandolinist, Adam Steffey, suggests that if you enjoyed their first
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Introducing WestWend
A pair of East Tennessee grassers, Wendy Crowe and Jonathan Maness, have joined forces in a new group called WestWend. The two met by chance at a radio show in 2011, just as Wendy was set to start work on a debut recording.
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Chris Austin Songwriting Contest deadline is Feb. 19
Attention songwriters... If you would like to have one of your songs considered for the 2013 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest, you'll need to get your application in by February 19. The competition is open to any songwriter whose income in
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Free download from The Rambling Rooks
The Rambling Rooks, the new special project band featuring Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby and Kenny Smith, have a free download offer for bluegrass lovers. It's a track from their upcoming album, a Ronnie Bowman and Shawn Camp song called Looking For
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New single from Rhonda Vincent debuts at SPBGMA
Rhonda Vincent is using the occasion of this week's SPBGMA convention in Nashville to release a new single from her next album. The song is a Larry Cordle/Lionel Delmore song, I'd Rather Hear I Don't Love You (Than Nothing At All),
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Hammertowne to Mountain Fever
We've had Grasstowne and Monroeville, and now we have another bluegrass destination to add to our itinerary... Hammertowne. This new group of five veteran Kentucky pickers and singers has completed their first album, and signed this week with Mountain Fever Records,
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Clint Hurd to Newtown
NewTown has announced that Clint Hurd has joined the band on mandolin, taking the spot vacated by James Kee when he departed at the end of 2012. Clint has done a pair of shows with the band, and will be
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Idletymes to Poor Mountain Records
Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing of West Virginia's Idletymes. The band consists of Chris Long on guitar, Craig Jarvis on bass, Glenn Jarvis on fiddle, and Ronnie Seebaugh on banjo. They will start work shortly on a new project for Poor
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Steve & Edie ride again
Not that Steve & Eydie... We're talking Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. It's a safe assumption that our readers are well familiar with Steve Martin, both from his star turns in comedy and film, and his new-found career as a performing/recording