Music

  • New Stages for Snyder Family Band

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    Mountain Roads Recordings of Bristol, Tennessee, recently released information about the forthcoming album – Stages – by the Snyder Family Band. The release is scheduled for October 18. Stages is the group’s third CD and, like the others, it features the

  • A Light in the Window Again

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    Rural Rhythm has released a debut single from Back To My Roots, the upcoming Carolina Road project. The song is A Light in the Window Again, a contribution from Tom T. and Dixie Hall, which tells of the restoration of the

  • New faces with Cumberland Gap Connection

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    Cumberland Gap Connection has two new members: John Messer on mandolin and Albon Clevinger on fiddle, both of Kermit, WV. They join Mike Bentley on guitar and lead vocals, Rod Smith on banjo and Bryan Russell on bass. A debut album,

  • Stetson and Cia

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    Cia Cherryholmes has been burning up YouTube this past few weeks, posting "home movie-style" videos of herself with her new musical collaborator, Stetson Adkisson. The pair have teamed up in a new venture, called appropriately enough, Stetson & Cia. Both are

  • Del McCoury does Bill Monroe

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    Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe is the title of the next album from Del McCoury. It is set for a digital release during IBMA week (9/27), with a vinyl LP coming on October 25. A CD is probable,

  • G2 update

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    In 2010, Swedish bluegrassers G2 spent several months in the US, touring aggressively during festival season in support of their latest album, Untapped Routes, and capping their visit with an appearance on the IBMA Awards show in Nashville. But this year,

  • Billy Hurt to Karl Shiflett

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    Virginia fiddler Billy Hurt is the newest member of Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show. This gig is right up Billy's alley. If there is a fiddler out there with a greater love, knowledge and understanding of the roots of traditional

  • Clay Hess – Rain

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    Longtime sideman Clay Hess is out with his third solo project, due for wide release during IBMA later this month. Rain finds Hess in his most familiar role: scorching the guitar, on both lead and rhythm. Since first hitting the

  • Prime Tyme from IIIrd Tyme Out

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    Rural Rhythm has announced October 25 as the release date for Prime Tyme, the next CD from Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. Can you believe it's been 20 years since Russell left Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver to start a new

  • Jimmy Ross to Barbwire

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    Resonator guitarist Jimmy Ross is the newest member of Barbwire Bluegrass, based in Georgia. He had worked previously with Frances Mooney and Fontanna Sunset. Barbwire is a father-and-son outfit, with Ricky Ponder on guitar, his son Ben on bass, and Gary