The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the winners of their Best CDs of 2007 awards. To be eligible, a project must have acoustic instrumentation (at least in part) and be released on an independent (non-major) label. The Infamous Stringdusters got the
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Pass The Grass
Last month saw the release of Larry Stephenson's fourth gospel album, Thankful. You can read our review of the CD here. Pinecastle is currently offering a free download of one track from the CD. This is part of a campaign they
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Larry Stephenson with Eddie Stubbs tonight
Larry Stephenson will be celebrating the official release of his new Gospel CD, Thankful, this evening by joining Eddie Stubbs on WSM AM 650 in Nashville at 10:00 p.m. (EDT). You'll be able to hear the WSM debut of the music
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Sunday Morning Revelations – Thankful
Larry Stephenson is one of the best high lead/tenor singers in bluegrass today. He has a voice uncannily like that of Bobby Osborne's and there can't be any higher praise than that. Additionally, Osborne is a big fan, readily praising
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Josh Williams on the road
Recently we told you about the announcement of the Josh Williams Band. Josh has since let us know some more specifics of his plans for the 2008 festival season. For the next two weekends, Josh will be performing with the Alecia
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Larry Stephenson’s Christmas surprise
This Christmas memory comes from Larry Stephenson. In the early 60's my dad bought me my first mandolin. It was a Gibson A-50, a little round bodied mandolin which I still have. My dad and I played a lot of music
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Ben Helson joins Larry Stephenson Band
Larry Stephenson has brought 21 year old guitarist Ben Helson aboard as the newest member of The Larry Stephenson Band. Despite his youth, Ben has been performing in bluegrass and country bands for many years, most recently as a part of
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Larry Stephenson in new BMP
Larry Stephenson is on the cover of the May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The accompanying article has Larry talking about his latest release, Life Stories, an upcoming Gospel project, the members of his touring band, and his recent induction
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Jason Barie joins Larry Stephenson Band
Since it's inception in 1989, The Larry Stephenson Band has been a four piece ensemble. Now, in 2007, the cast has been expanded to include a fifth member, Jason Barie, on fiddle. Jason's background includes classical, bluegrass, gospel, and country
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Kristin Benson returns to Larry Stephenson’s band
This has been quite a year for banjo picker Kristin Scott Benson. When 2006 dawned, she was a member of Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, and teaching in the bluegrass music program at the East Tennesse State University in