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  • Cherryholmes go country

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    When we ran our IBMA video interview with Cherryholmes in October, they mentioned that a country remix of one of the songs from their current CD would be in the offing early in '09. And so it has come to pass... Skaggs

  • From Galway to Listowel

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    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Donna Ulisse CD hits on Tuesday

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    Walk This Mountain Down from Donna Ulisse is among the several new bluegrass CDs due for release tomorrow (1/20). After a shot with a major label country release in 1991 failed to ignite, Donna has focused on songwriting, often with husband

  • Mac Wiseman breaks a leg

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    In show business the phrase "Break a leg" is used frequently to encourage a performer by wishing them good luck without saying "good luck," which is considered bad luck. Unfortunately, Mac Wiseman literally broke his right femur just above the knee

  • Darren Beachley to leave Quicksilver

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    Darren Beachley has announced that he will be leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the end of this month. Here is his statement about the move... "I will be leaving the group at the end of January. It was a life long

  • County Clare

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    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Songwriter Profile – Tim Stafford

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    This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. What do Money in the Bank, Union Man, Snapshots and Souvenirs and Always Never

  • Into the South

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    Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings

  • Love, Lost and Found

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    Lost and Found will have their new CD, Love, Lost and Found, released on Rebel Records on March 24. This will be their first CD in 7 years, and the first since the tragic loss of original mandolinist Dempsey Young

  • Matt Leadbetter to Brand New Strings

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    Knoxville, TN based Brand New Strings has hired Matt Leadbetter to play resonator guitar with the group, bringing them back up to five pieces. Matt had been working with Marty Raybon, and prior to that, with Lonesome River Band. Knoxville is