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  • Alex Hibbitts joins The Expedition Show

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    The dust is starting to settle from the bluegrass winter personnel rotations. The Expedition Show, formerly Williams & Clark Expedition, welcomes mandolinist Alex Hibbitts from Johnson City, TN to the band. Alex, 23 years old, is a recent graduate of East

  • Blue Highway at 15

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    Blue Highway is zeroing in on the 15th anniversary of their very first live performance, which ocurred on New Year's Eve in 1994. At that time, Tim Stafford had just left his position with Alison Krauss, as had Shawn Lane his

  • Merry Christmas from Mountain Heart

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    It's that time of year in the bluegrass world... Touring acts are finishing their live shows for the year and looking forward to spending time with their families. In the case of Mountain Heart, it's also silly season, as evidenced by

  • Open call for illiterate mandolinists

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    Joe Carr, Associate Professor of Music at South Plains College in Levelland, TX, is looking for a few mandolin players who don't read music - but would like to. He is working on a brief book on this topic, How to

  • Pop Matters – The Best Bluegrass of 2009

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    Pop Matters, an online journal concerning all manner of popular culture, is out with their list of The Best Bluegrass of 2009. Compiled by Steve Leftridge and Juli Thanki - both freelance writers on country, roots and Americana music -

  • Adam Steffey talks about The Boxcars

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    We caught up with Adam Steffey yesterday and got a few mote details about The Boxcars, the new band he is assembling with Ron Stewart, Keith Garrett, Harold Nixon and John Bowman. Adam told us that the seeds were sown earlier

  • Blue Moon Rising soldiers on

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    After this weekend's news about the formation of The Boxcars, one big question remained. The new band grabbed Keith Garrett and Harold Nixon from Blue Moon Rising to join Ron Stewart, Adam Steffey and John Bowman - leaving Chris West

  • Exit Jim Hurst

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    Jim Hurst has announced his departure from The Claire Lynch Band after 10 years of faithful service. He worked with her as a member of The Front Porch String Band from 1995-2000, and again with The Claire Lynch Band from

  • Kane’s River reunion out west

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    Kane's River had quite a run in the early part of this decade. Based in Montana, and originally known as Deep River, they hit the national scene in 2000 with a self-titled CD (Kane's River) on Doobie Shea Records. Their sound