Music

  • The Rage unplugged

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    What does a professional bluegrass act do when the power goes out at an outdoor festival? If you're Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, you just wander out into the audience and continue on with the show. Dave Roye (aka Crawdaddy Dave)

  • Bobby Osborne – Bring Back Yesterday

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    A first single has been released from Bobby Osborne's upcoming 60th Anniversary album on Rural Rhythm, Memories: Celebrating Bobby’s 60th Anniversary as a Professional Entertainer. The project will be a mix of newly recorded material and classic tracks from Osborne's

  • Picking and fishing with Larry Keel

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    This post is a contribution from Diane Farineua, who will be providing interviews with artists she encounters as part of her research for The Festival Project. See her profile here. One of the highlights at the Infamous Stringduster’s new weekend music

  • Keller Williams – Kids

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    Jamgrass favorite Keller Williams is showing a new side of his musical self on his next CD, Kids, due October 26. No... the music isn't goat-related, despite the cover image. Kids features music for the under-10 set - songs for children,

  • Sarah Jarosz – The New 45

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    Sugar Hill is preparing to release a "digital 45" from celebrated acoustic songstress Sarah Jarosz. Just 19 years old, this talented singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter squeezed in the recording of two new tracks during her summer break from Boston's New

  • IIIrd Tyme Out on the road

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    Next week, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are loading up the bus for a 12 day road trip to the west coast and back. They have 10 shows scheduled in California and Arizona, and banjo man Steve Dilling will once

  • Weave and Spin with Si Kahn

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    This post is a contribution from Terri Holloway, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See her profile here. Once again, I had the fun of being an interview observer (aka, being the fly on the wall). This time with Si Kahn,

  • Roland White interview from Mel Bay

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    Mel Bay has released a video interview with mandolin legend Roland White. In it, Erica Cantrell guides him through a discussion of his long and noteworthy career in bluegrass music, interspersed with musical interludes. Roland speaks of his time performing with

  • Grasstowne is Kickin’ Up Dust

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    In the midst of the IBMA craziness, we neglected to mention the new single from Grasstowne, Kickin' Up Dust. It was released on October 5, and delivered to radio on the latest Rural Rhythm sampler CD. The song came from Wes