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Articles tagged "bluegrass" Music ReviewSam Bush: Circles Around Meby Richard Elliott[29.Oct.09] :. Circles Around Me provides an excellent showcase for Sam Bush's talents as mandolin player, fiddler, singer, and songwriter, as well as a reminder of his role in promoting the "newgrass" phenomenon of the 1970s. Music ReviewDoyle Lawson & Quicksilver: Lonely Streetby Juli Thanki[14.Aug.09] :. Doyle Lawson is no spring chicken, but he delivers traditional bluegrass music with the energy of a man half his age. Capsule ReviewsSpring Creek: Way Up on a Mountainby Deanne Sole[25.Jun.09] :. Honest Downhome Folk  Capsule ReviewsJerks of Grass: Come on Homeby Deanne Sole[23.Mar.09] :. When these musicians push their instruments as far as they'll go they don't hide it.  NewsThe Grascals make it to the top in short orderby Walter Tunis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][31.Oct.08] :. CT) It’s a scenario that shouldn’t have played out nearly so quickly. Sure, the members of the contemporary bluegrass band The Grascals were well known in Nashville. Several had clocked... NewsRuss Barenberg is a guitarist in the bluegrass progressive traditionby Walter Tunis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][14.Apr.08] :. Russ Barenberg doesn’t buy into terms like traditional and progressive when they relate to string music. Never mind that the guitarist was among a pack of eager bluegrass thrill seekers in the... Hot Rize’s Tim O’Brien made his latest album in the company of instrumentsby Walter Tunis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][27.Mar.08] :. For the better part of his American roots-music career, Tim O’Brien has kept some impressive and sizeable company. First came the progressive bluegrass ensemble Hot Rize, which introduced... Peter Rowan and Tony Rice work well - and closely - togetherby Walter Tunis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][17.Jan.08] :. To explain the depth and often-literal closeness of the working relationship Peter Rowan enjoys with guitarist Tony Rice, he goes straight to the source. He recalls the kind of instincts that... ‘Monroe Country’ planning for bluegrass icon’s centennial in 2011by Keith Lawrence [Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (MCT)][25.Jun.07] :. When William Smith Monroe was born on Sept. 13, 1911, few people other than the neighbors of James Buchanan “Buck” and Malissa Vandiver Monroe knew about it. After all, the baby, named... Bluegrass museum debuts international radio stationby Keith Lawrence [Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (MCT)][7.May.07] :. OWENSBORO, Ky. - The folks at Gerard Hilferty and Associates of Athens, Ohio, couldn’t have envisioned anything like this. When the company crafted the “interpretive master plan”... Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs: Best of the Flatt & Scruggs TV Show, Vols 1 and 2 [DVD]by Andrew Gilstrap[25.Apr.07] :. Throw together some top-shelf bluegrass, some cornball humor, and some cooking tips, and you've got yourself a show! PopMatters Pick Music ReviewPeter Rowan and Tony Rice: Quartetby Christopher Cwynar[12.Apr.07] :. Two traditional music icons join up with a couple of talented newcomers for a meeting of the minds -- and fingers -- on this delightful new release. |
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