Quick! Name a band lineup that included members of The Grascals, Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives, The Osborne Brothers, The John Cowan Band, and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (to name a few). If you guessed The Mike Snider String
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Old Foggies Rejoice! A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul Warren Vol. 2
This CD is for the old timers—unapologetic “old school” traditionalists. My people… Us “old foggies” know the locomotive sound and feel of a Paul Warren fiddle breakdown with Lester Flatt, Cousin Jake, Uncle Josh, and Earl Scruggs - or one of
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Sad news from middle Tennessee
Charlie Cushman sent along this sad news about young Paul Warren, grandson of the legendary fiddler by the same name who worked with Flatt & Scruggs and Lester Flatt for so many years. Paul Jackson Warren, 28, from Hendersonville, TN., lost
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Johnny Warren remembers his father, again
Johnny Warren, and his good buddy Charlie Cushman, has once more honored Paul Warren by releasing a second CD in memory of his father’s original skills as a supreme fiddler. Just over two years ago the duo released an album of
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Charlie Cushman leaves Flamekeeper
Charlie Cushman has left his position playing banjo with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper to refocus attention on his banjo set up business, and stay a little closer to home. His last show with the band was this past Thursday. In a
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Charlie Cushman leaves Flamekeeper
Charlie Cushman has left his position playing banjo with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper to refocus attention on his banjo set up business, and stay a little closer to home. His last show with the band was this past Thursday. In a
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Paul Warren Tribute Vol 2 in the works
Johnny Warren and Charlie Cushman are finishing up a second album in tribute to Johnny's dad, Paul Warren, long time fiddler with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Like the first project, A Tribute To Fiddlin' Paul Warren,
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Charlie Cushman to Flamekeeper
How do you make one of the drivingest bands in bluegrass even better? Well, if you're Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, you bring banjo phenom Charlie Cushman into the group. The band has announced this afternoon that Charlie will be their new
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Charlie Cushman the newest Blu-J
Jerry Butler & The Blu-J's had a big announcement last night. Nashville banjo monster Charlie Cushman has joined the band, and will begin touring with them right away. Cushman has been widely-regarded as a "banjo player's banjo player," even while his
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Charlie Cushman, Rob Ickes interviews from Mel Bay
Mel Bay Publications has launched a video artist interview series on YouTube, and several of the first videos posted feature prominent bluegrass artists. The interviews are conducted by Nashville media personality Erica Cantrell, and include brief bios, playing tips and