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Tony Wray

  • Beautiful Star of Bethlehem from Tony Wray and Dennis Parker

    December 13, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Here's another new Christmas release from Pinecastle Records, this time featuring a couple of unsung heroes in bluegrass music, Tony Wray and Dennis Parker. Both have many years of professional experience in the music business, but often not in the

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  • A Dream Is a Wish: A Special Acoustic Tribute to the Magic Kingdom

    September 19, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    When there's a premise as promising as this — i.e., a tribute to the music made for the classic Disney films— one can't help but be enticed. Happily then, A Dream Is a Wish: A Special Acoustic Tribute to the

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  • Marty Raybon does James Taylor on Millworker

    July 18, 2022 | by John Lawless

    We have mentioned a number of times the production work Tony Wray is doing for the Pinecastle and Bonfire record labels. These are unique, themed projects that pair bluegrass music with unexpected sources, like his recent albums of familiar lullabies

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  • Acoustic Lullaby – Tony Wray with Tim Crouch

    July 11, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    As first reported in this publication in March, 2021, Acoustic Lullaby was the brainchild of acclaimed bluegrass banjo player and guitarist Tony Wray, Pinecastle Records owner Lonnie Lassiter, and the company's CEO, Ethan Burkhardt. Lassiter and Burkhardt were new fathers

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  • Christmas Time Is Here from Tony Wray, Tim Crouch, and Ethan Burkhardt

    November 30, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Here's another holiday offering from Pinecastle Records, a lovely acoustic string arrangement of an all-time favorite song from the 1965 television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The animated show based on the Charles Schulz comic strip, Peanuts, was hugely popular at

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  • Tony Wray – Pinecastle goes Disney, done bluegrass

    October 19, 2021 | by Lee Zimmerman

    At first it may seem like an unlikely combination, that is, the blending of familiar Disney music with a bluegrass template. However, when producer Tony Wray envisioned an album made up of songs culled from classic Disney films such as

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  • Acoustic Lullaby offers bluegrass bedtime tunes from Tony Wray

    March 9, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Pinecastle Records has come up with a very interesting, and potentially sanity-saving, album for parents of infants and toddlers. Partnering with noted bluegrass guitarist and banjo player Tony Wray, they have created Acoustic Lullaby, over 30 minutes of soothing acoustic melodies

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  • Tony Wray to Tyminski Band

    January 5, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Tony Wray has been announced as the utility acoustic sideman for the Tyminski band, fronted by bluegrass and AKUS hero Dan Tyminski. Tyminski has recently released an album of gritty alt country with a mountain flavor called Southern Gothic. Wray will be

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  • Tony Wray endorses Crowder Guitars

    July 19, 2017 | by John Lawless

    One of the biggest guitarists in bluegrass - who also generates a giant sound - is Tony Wray, with Blue Mafia. A large man, who pulls a large tone, Tony is known to put the pick to the string with

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    Such a cute song! :)

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