Music

  • NFR – Live At The Down Home

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    Tim Shelton checked in yesterday with some further details about the upcoming NewFound Road CD, Live At The Down Home. It was... wait for it... recorded live at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN on December 4. Rounder Records has

  • It’s worse than we thought…

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    We've reported of late on the disturbing news about Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver touring with a live drummer. It's something we might expect from Mountain Heart, who were formed after a collective internship as Quicksilverers, but not from the man

  • Kenny Smith guitar album

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    Also completing a solo project for a Spring release is flatpicker extraordinaire Kenny Smith. The as-yet untitled album will be released on the new label recently founded by Gat3 studios, where Kenny has been recording since his departure from Lonesome

  • Terry Baucom is In A Groove

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    We have news today on upcoming projects from two of the most celebrated instrumentalists in contemporary bluegrass. First up is In A Groove, a solo record from Terry Baucom, his first such effort after more than 30 years as a bluegrass

  • Paul Warren Tribute Vol 2 in the works

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    Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman are finishing up a second album in tribute to Johnny's dad, Paul Warren, long time fiddler with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Like the first project, A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren,

  • OMG – he’s done it again!

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    More evidence has come forward in re Doyle Lawson touring with a percussionist. Here is a photo from last night at Alexander Central High School in Taylorsville, NC. It clearly shows Carl White, former and occasional member of Quicksilver, sitting

  • Josh Slone & Coaltown

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    Rural Rhythm Records has this week released the debut, self-titled album from Kentucky's Josh Slone & Coaltown. The band is fronted by guitarist and lead vocalist Slone, supported by Billy Berger on mandolin, Ollie Risner on banjo, and Gary Wiley on

  • Charlie Cushman to Flamekeeper

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    How do you make one of the drivingest bands in bluegrass even better? Well, if you're Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, you bring banjo phenom Charlie Cushman into the group. The band has announced this afternoon that Charlie will be their new

  • New face along Carolina Road

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    Lorraine Jordan has a new guitarist and lead singer in Carolina Road. Tommy Long has come on board, and Dustin Benson has moved from guitar to bass. They will also have their new manager Ray Edwards, joining the group on

  • Driftwood – Stronger Every Day

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    Another release from 2010 that we wanted to note is Stronger Every Day from Driftwood, a Kentucky quartet with strong family roots. The band was founded by brothers Scott and Charles Fields, and named in honor of their father, Wayne. Fields