WSM radio in Nashville has announced that they will broadcast Alan Jackson's debut bluegrass show next week from the Station Inn. It will be available live on AM 650 and via online audio streaming on Tuesday, August 27 at 10:30
Rob Ickes
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The Bluegrass Album from Alan Jackson
Country music mega-star Alan Jackson has been threatening to cut a bluegrass album for the past few years, dropping hints in interviews and tantalizing the substantial crossover between country and bluegrass fans. When he brought Alison Krauss in to produce his
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On The Edge from Frank Solivan
Compass Records has announced that the Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen album On the Edge (COM4602) is now available in digital format. The project is the first since Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen and Compass Records linked up in February. It consists
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Family Chain available again from John Bowman
John Bowman - fiddler, banjo picker and tenor vocalist with The Boxcars - has re-released his 2010 solo project, a bluegrass Gospel album called Family Chain. It is available now from his web site. Until coming off the road in 2006 to teach
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A ‘Clusterpluck’ for Mike Auldridge
It’s one thing when one of the most talented Dobro players on the planet attributes his success to Mike Auldridge. It’s something else entirely when a whole stageful of top Dobro players line up to pay tribute. Sally Van Meter had the
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Mike Auldridge tribute at The Birchmere
An all-star collaboration concert has been scheduled for February 12 to celebrate the life and music of Mike Auldridge, who died after a lengthy illness on Dec 28, 2012. Mike's influence on the worlds of bluegrass and resonator guitar can scarcely
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RIP Mike Auldridge
The word “legend” gets tossed around pretty casually these days, but it does apply to Mike Auldridge, who died of cancer Saturday morning, one day short of his 74th birthday. Mike was a founding member of the Seldom Scene, a band
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Auldridge, Douglas, Ickes project in the works
Listen up, resonator guitar fans! Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas and Rob Ickes have teamed up to create a new record sure to please slide fans of every kind. It's a "dobro trio" project, with these three masters picking together in the
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All the Way to Bethlehem – Donna Ulisse
With Christmas quickly approaching, many artists have begun releasing albums full of traditional Christmas tunes. In the bluegrass world, that often consists of such classics as Christmas Time’s a Comin’ or Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, in addition to popular modern
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2012 Houston Caldwell Scholarship recipient at ResoSummit
The 6th annual ResoSummit was held this past weekend in Nashville, bringing together 100 resonator guitarists from around the world for three days of instruction and camaraderie with an all star faculty. Students traveled to Tennesse from across the US, as