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  • Gene Watson and Rhonda Vincent

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    Upper Management Music, the record company owned and run by Rhonda Vincent and her husband/manager, Herb Sandker, has signed country legend Gene Watson to the label. His first Upper Management album will be a duet project with Rhonda, following on the

  • Bluegrass in the ISC

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    A solid bluegrass banjo instrumental has made it to the finals of the 2011 International Songwriting Competition. The tune is Gone Beserk, written by Lee Marcus, and recorded by Dan Menzone on his Frostbite CD with help from Adam Steffey, Wyatt

  • First look at NFR Live

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    NewFound Road has released a video teaser for their upcoming Rounder project, Live at the Down Home. As you would suspect from the title, the album was recorded at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN where the live performance was

  • Henhouse Prowlers in Gierle

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    Here's the sixth report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from bass player and founding member, Jon Goldfine. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from

  • Northern Departure takes the silver

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    Here's a happy ending followup to a piece we ran last month, when we posted about Northern Departure. This young bluegrass band from Seattle made it into the finals of a northwestern band competition, Sound Off!, typically dominated by rock

  • New IIIrd Tyme Out single next week

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    Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have chosen St. Patrick's Day to roll out their new single, If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again. The song was written by Austin Cunningham and Mark Irwin, and came to the

  • Jim Mills to fill in for Crowe

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    We have learned that power picker Jim Mills will be filling in this weekend for JD Crowe. As we reported last month, JD fell last month exiting his tour bus, and broke his left arm in two places. Jim has trimmed

  • Frank Solivan’s birthday bash

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    Monday was Frank Solivan’s 34th birthday, but the crowd who spent it with him in a Rockville, MD, church hall got the present – two and a half hours of pickin’ and singin’ by an all-star lineup usually only seen

  • Jim Hurst with Dawg and son

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    Jim Hurst is on the west coast, where last week he spent some time rehearsing and recording for a new album with David Grisman and his son Sam. Jim is a two-time winner of the IBMA Guitar Player of the