CBS recently ran a short piece on Abigail Washburn and her banjo. What makes Abigail newsworthy is the fact that she's playing, and singing, American music in China. The video shows footage of her performing at the Beijing Jazz Festival, and
Uncle Earl
Uncle Earl video online
The new music video from Uncle Earl can be viewed online, at www.stereogum.com. The video is for the tune, Streak o' Lean, Streak o' Fat from their current CD, Waterloo, Tennessee. It is a comical and quirky take on the tune,
2007 Americana Award nominees announced
The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2007 Honors and Awards, with the winners to be announced on November 1 during their 6th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show in Nashville. Several of the nominees will
Bonnaroo fest streaming video at AT&T blueroom
The AT&T blueroom is offering a live video stream from the Bonnaroo festival this weekend (6/15/17) online. You can see the performance schedule they will carry on the Bonnaroo site. This isn't a bluegrass event by any stretch, but a number
Uncle Earl at Bonnaroo
We've just learned that bluegrass/old-time band Uncle Earl will be performing at the 2007 Bonnaroo music festival. The festival takes place mid June in Manchester, TN and has become a large and very popular festival in the last few years. Bonnaroo
Weekend print news update
We found a number of feature pieces on bluegrass/acoustic artists in various print publications this past few days. Friday's Knoxville News Sentinel ran an interview with Abby Washburn of Uncle Earl. She talked about their upcoming CD, Waterloo, Tennessee, and having
From Led Zep to The g’Earls
When we posted last week that audio samples from the upcoming Uncle Earl CD, Waterloo, Tennessee, were up on the Rounder site, we also mentioned that the new project had been produced by John Paul Jones, former bass player and
Uncle Earl – Waterloo, Tennessee
Rounder Records has just posted audio samples from the upcoming release from Uncle Earl, Waterloo, Tennessee, their second for Rounder. It was produced by John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame) and features the same brand of raucous old time
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet in January
Also due from Rounder in January is a new release from Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, which Brance mentioned earlier this month. Entitled Quartet, it features the group that has been performing on tour: Rice and Rowan on guitars (with
Banjos in China
I found an interesting piece on Xinhua online, an English language version of ChinaView.cn about a set of performances this weekend by Sparrow Quartet in Bejing. The group includes Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn on banjos, with Casey Driessen on