Music

  • Free band DVD from Full Sail

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    The prestigious Full Sail University and ReverbNation have partnered to offer a unique opportunity to bands willing to travel to the campus near Orlando, FL. Full Sail has grown from a technical school for students of recording technology, to a fully-accredited

  • Nathan Stanley – My Kind of Country

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    Nathan Stanley, grandson of Ralph Stanley and member of his Clinch Mountain Boys, has released a new CD, My Kind of Country. It serves as a showcase for Nathan's voice and musical stylings as he prepares a move into traditional country

  • Fleck, Meyer, Hussain to tour this spring

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    Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer will once again be touring in 2011 with Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain. The trio released a collaborative project in 2009, The Melody Of Rhythm, which is centered around a triple concerto by that name written by

  • Two more Rebel classics from the vault

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    Rebel Records has two new digital re-issues, bringing long-unavailable bluegrass LPs back into the catalog for MP3 purchase. These two are from Rebel's sister company, County Records: a pair of 1968 albums from The Coon Creek Girls, and Kenny Baker

  • Jessie Baker jumps to Highway 111

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    Jessie Baker has been announced as the new banjo player with Sierra Hull & Highway 111. Baker, 19 years old, had been a member of Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper since the fall of 2008 and will start with Sierra in

  • Steep Canyon Rangers celebrate 10 years

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    Steep Canyon Rangers will mark their 10th Anniversary tomorrow evening (1/21) with a special concert at the Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club near their home in Asheville, NC. Joining them in celebrating this milestone will be artists from

  • Paper Airplane takes off April 12

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    Rounder Records has announced April 12 as the release date for Paper Airplane, the long-anticipated new album from Alison Krauss & Union Station. This will be the first band project since 2004, and the first since Alison's genre-bending, mega-hit album

  • Doyle with drums?

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    Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver performing with a drummer! Has the whole world gone mad? What's next... electric pickups, flying to gigs, a 20 minute jam version of Yellow River? Or, in the words of the immortal Peter Venkman: "Human sacrifice, dogs

  • Glenn Gibson – When Times Are Hard

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    After serving an apprenticeship as a bluegrass sideman, vocalist and resonator guitarist Glenn Gibson has stepped out front on his debut album, When Times Are Hard. Gibson has been a member of both Dale Ann Bradley and Marty Raybon's touring bands,