Music

  • Video preview of Blame It On The Bluegrass

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    Valerie Smith and her producer, fiddler and vocalist Beck Buller take us for a visit through the facilities of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, where they recorded the tracks for their next two albums, Blame It On The Bluegrass. Next two

  • Free download from Steve Martin

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    Last week we reported about the impending release of a new bluegrass CD by Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers. Martin has since made the title track available as a free download. The track is titled Rare Bird Alert. It's

  • Alan Bibey checks in

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    We had a chance yesterday to catch up with Alan Bibey, one half of the brain trust (with Steve Gulley) behind Grasstowne. Al tells us that the first airing of the band's appearance on Reno's Old Time Music Festival is set

  • Infamous Stringdusters Ski Tour 2011

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    The Infamous Stringdusters have begun a lengthy tour of the west coast and upper midwest, scheduled to run though the month of January and much of February as well. They have dubbed this jaunt the Ski Tour, the second time

  • Steve Martin: Rare Bird Alert

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    Steve Martin seems to have been enjoying his musical collaboration with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Things have gone well thus far: the fans love the show, his first banjo CD The Crow was well received by the bluegrass community, and

  • New Bee-Liners unveiled

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    The Dixie Bee-Liners have announced some fresh new faces in the band for 2011, with a decided East Tennessee flavor. On banjo will be Zachary Mongan, a student in the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music program. Zachary attends on

  • Ron Stewart banjo tabs available online

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    Boxcars banjo man Ron Stewart is now offering download purchases of tab transcriptions, taken from the many recordings that have featured his picking over the past few years. At present there are 2 PDF volumes, sold as a ZIP file

  • The Roys – Coal Minin’ Man

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    Rural Rhythm has released a first single for the upcoming album, Lonesome Whistle, from The Roys. The song, Coal Minin' Man, features Lee and Elaine Roy, a brother/sister duet and songwriting team who also produced the new project with help from

  • Tom Gray with Eddie and Martha Adcock

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    After finding himself without a musical outlet when Legends of the Potomac was disbanded, bass legend Tom Gray has announced that he has joined up with Eddie & Martha Adcock. Or perhaps "rejoined" would be the more appropriate term, as he

  • Cadillac Sky bids us adieu

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    Cadillac Sky has announced the immediate dissolution of the band in a message to their email list. After long hours of thought and with heavy but grateful hearts, we've decided to make the following announcement: starting in January of 2011 we