Ron Stewart

  • Dan Tyminski Band – photos

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    Here are a bunch of photos I took at the Dan Tyminski Band concert on Friday night. The band was great, on stage and off. They did a fine show, and took plenty of time to visit with fans afterwards.

  • Shindig in Bristol

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    Our Grasstowne buddies, Alan Bibey and Phil Leadbetter, both contacted us earlier this week mentioning the big doin's in Bristol, TN on Saturday (1/26). It's the 3rd annual Pickin' at the Paramount all star show where top bluegrass artists get together

  • Gary Ferguson – Live at Podunk

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    Bluegrass singer/songwriter Gary Ferguson took a different approach for his most recent CD. Instead of hunkering down in the studio for days of intense recording, he enlisted the support of some friends -  top bluegrass performers all - and cut

  • Ron Stewart and The Dan Tyminski Band

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    We posted last week from IBMA about the imminent debut of The Dan Tyminski Band in 2008. The band will feature Dan on guitar and vocals, along with Adam Steffey on mandolin, Barry Bales on bass, Justin Moses on fiddle

  • Two new CDs: Tim Carter and Tommy Webb

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    We received two fine CDs recently, from artists whose music may not be familiar to a wide listening audience. Both projects have their roots in the rich, fertile "bluegrass crescent" that encircles eastern Kentucky and Tennessee along with western Virginia

  • Dwight McCall: Never Say Never Again

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    The new CD from Dwight McCall just landed in my mailbox over the weekend. The CD is titled Never Say Never Again, taking it's name from the second song on the recording. Today is the release date for this recording,

  • New CD from Continental Divide

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    Church House Hymns, from David Parmley & Continental Divide, is due for a March 25 release on their private label, DP&CD Records. It is a collection of familiar Gospel songs, including ones that have been most requested by fans over

  • New CD from Sammy Shelor and Linda Lay

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    The newest release in the Crooked Road series from the Virginia Folklife program is just out. It is by Linda Lay, Sammy Shelor & Crooked Run, and entitled Taking The Crooked Road Home. Linda Lay grew up in Bristol, VA singing

  • Ron Stewart fiddle DVD

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    AcuTab Publications has released their first fiddle instructional DVD, for JD Crowe & The New South fiddler, and celebrated session player, Ron Stewart. Entitled Playing Fiddle In The Bluegrass Style, it features Ron demonstrating ten songs and tunes he has