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Valerie Smith

  • Renaissance – Valerie Smith

    October 26, 2021 | by Braeden Paul

    Valerie Smith is known in the bluegrass world as both a premier vocalist and songwriter. On her newest release, Renaissance, Smith has given us a collection of songs that focus on varying life themes, such as love, regret, and acceptance. While

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  • I Found video from Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike

    September 15, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Valerie Smith has released a music video for her latest single, I Found, included on her current album, Rennaissance. The track was recorded with her touring band, Liberty Pike, which consists of Lisa Kay Howard-Hughes on mandolin, Joe Zauner on banjo,

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  • The Great I Am from Valerie Smith and The McCrary Sisters

    July 21, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Bell Buckle Records has released another single from their upcoming album for Valerie Smith. This next effort, Renaissance, is a solo project produced and engineered by Tim Carter, as distinct from her band records with Liberty Pike. For this next single

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  • I Found drops for Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike

    July 7, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Valerie Smith has a new single this month, the second from her next album, accompanied by her touring band, Liberty Pike. For the past 25 years this veteran singer and songwriter has been recording bluegrass music with her own unique flavor.

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  • Valerie Smith recovering at home from COVID-19

    January 22, 2021 | by David Morris

    Bluegrass utility player Valerie Smith continues to recover at her home near Nashville after a bout with the coronavirus that required two overnight stays in the emergency room. Smith, 54, became ill two weeks ago, while caring for her daughter and

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  • Video Premiere: Sally Sunday from Daniel Crabtree

    August 7, 2020 | by John Lawless

    We're delighted to help with a premiere of the music video from Daniel Crabtree for his current single, Sally Sunday. It's a story song, based on true life, about an abandoned orphan girl who was delivered to a convent as a

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  • Father’s Day song and video from Valerie Smith

    June 19, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Valerie Smith also has a Father's Day song to debut this week, one written by Johnny McDonald and Val. Talking To Daddy deals with a difficult aspect of elder care, one that has been real in McDonald's life. It tells of

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  • Steve Harris and Valerie Smith duet on I Sing Your Song

    May 25, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Circa Blue has released a new recording, with a music video, of a song they originally cut back in 2016. It's one called I Sing Your Song, written by Steve Harris, with David Morris and Dawn Kenney, which is offered now

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  • From A Distance video from Valerie Smith

    April 9, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Bell Buckle Records, in conjunction with The Single Factory, are set to release a new single tomorrow from Valerie Smith. It's for From A Distance, written by Julie Gold, which was a major hit for Bette Midler in 1990. The song

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  • Simpson’s Holler – Halloween video from Valerie Smith

    October 28, 2019 | by John Lawless

    One thing that has been decidedly lacking in bluegrass music is creature songs. We have our share of scary songs, but they tend to be ghost-related, by and large. Those of us of a certain age remember those Saturday morning movies

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