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  • Raising Sand rocks the charts

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    Of this fall's new releases, few have received as much attention in the music business press as Raising Sand from Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, just out on Rounder Records. The notion of the sweet-voiced bluegrass balladeer teamed with the

  • Grammy committee says Hag is not bluegrass

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    The nominating committee for the National Academy Of Recording Arts & Sciences, who distribute the Grammy Awards each year, decided yesterday that the new release from Merle Haggard, titled The Bluegrass Sessions would not be eligible for Grammy consideration in

  • Staff changes at Sugar Hill

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    The Nashville office of Sugar Hill Records has some staff changes to report, effective today (11/1). Molly Nagel, who has been serving as Director of Publicity will assume the duties of Senior Director of Artist Development, offering project and marketing management

  • Fiddle Music at Missouri State University

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    Missouri State University in Springfield, MO has created an Ozarks Studies Program intended to preserve the culture and history of the Ozarks. The program focuses on the collection and study of information about the culture and people of the

  • Christmas Grass, Vol. 3

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    The holliday season is upon us once again and it's time for a new bluegrass Christmas CD. Christmas Grass Vol. 3 is great addition to the iTunes collection. I personally enjoy Christmas music very much, especially when it's this well

  • Bill Emerson interview online

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    We've posted recently about banjo man Bill Emerson's new CD, Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band, and the former member of The Country Gentlemen, The Sunny Mountain Boys and the US Navy Band's Country Current coming back to music

  • Mountain Heart Halloween

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    Mountain Heart picked up an unusual last minute gig this past weekend that turned out to be something of a spooky good time for all concerned. Jim VanCleve tells us that they were returning home from Ashland, KY late Friday night,

  • Lonesome County

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    OK... I've been promising to try and catch up on a backlog of new CDs we've received (or picked up at IBMA) - and this time, I really mean it! Since major news is slow this time of year, I'll

  • Cedar Hill on Poverty Row

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    Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this review. Cedar Hill is renowned for its adherence to the ultra-traditional style of bluegrass and nothing much has changed with the group's switch from Hay Holler Records to the recently-formed Blue Circle Records