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Rick Faris

  • Deep River video from Rick Faris

    December 21, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Dark Shadow Recording has released a new video from Rick Faris for Deep River, the second track on his current album, The Next Mountain. This one was written by Rick with Brink Brinkman, which Faris tells us is about a love

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  • The Next Mountain – Rick Faris

    October 19, 2021 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Rick Faris can claim an impressive backstory, one which found him well equipped to pursue his prowess as both a picker and performer. His father was a touring bluegrass musician who had the distinction of playing at the Grand Ole

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  • Rick Faris drops an old fashioned single – two new tracks from next album

    July 23, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Back in the day, when 78 and then 45 rpm vinyl disks were the way new music was made available to fans and radio alike, each would typically include two new songs. Record labels would mark them as the A

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  • Deep River – new single from Rick Faris

    March 30, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Dark Shadow Recording has another new single today, the first from their upcoming second album with Rick Faris. This is Rick's initial output since his recent departure from Special Consensus, where he had held forth since 2009, first on mandolin

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  • Big switch for Special Consensus – Rick Faris out, Greg Blake in

    February 26, 2021 | by John Lawless

    While it's always a tense time for musicians who make major career changes, switching touring acts or launching a new venture, it comes as something of a comfort after such a strange year to report on a story that feels

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  • Welcome Kent Faris!

    July 3, 2020 | by John Lawless

    It's been a big few months for Rick Faris, guitarist and vocalist with Special Consensus. He saw his own solo project release on Dark Shadow Recording, and a new album from Special C on Compass, with some chart actions for

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  • Breaking In Lonesome video from Rick Faris

    November 18, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Dark Shadow Recording has released a music video for the title track of Rick Faris' new CD, Breaking In Lonesome. It's the rarest sort of track in bluegrass, the cheerful breakup song. This one, a previous #1 hit on our Bluegrass

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  • Breaking In Lonesome – Rick Faris

    November 14, 2019 | by David Morris

    I had a hard time coming to grips with the fact that Breaking In Lonesome is Rick Faris’s first recording as a solo artist. Part of it is his decade-long presence in Special Consensus, where his agreeable vocals and stellar

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  • If The Kansas River Can from Rick Faris

    June 7, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Dark Shadow Recording has released a second single today from their upcoming project with Rick Faris, Breaking In Lonesome. Rick is the guitarist with Special Consensus, the band he has toured with this past decade. He started on mandolin with Special

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  • Breaking In Lonesome from Rick Faris

    March 29, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Dark Shadow Recording ends the month with a new single from their latest signee, Rick Faris. Currently guitarist with Special Consensus, Rick is also getting a start on a solo career with a record this year with his new label. Faris

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