Archive for October 11th, 2007

Cherryholmes interview online at CMT.com

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
October 11, 2007

“Powered by a new album, Cherryholmes will be facing a touring schedule that takes the six-member family band to Japan for the Country Gold Festival, up and down the West Coast and back to the East for a flurry of dates, all before Christmas. While on the California leg of the tour, the band will [...]

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Rounder announces The Steeldrivers debut release date

Category: CD Release

By Travis Tackett
October 11, 2007

The Steeldrivers
Burlington, MA – Nashville can be a funny town to break into musically – loads of talent, but the competition is killer and often the homegrown folks are overlooked and unsung. Not so for rhythm’n’bluegrass musicians The SteelDrivers. Highly regarded behind the scenes as songsmiths and session players – with innumerable hits, cuts and [...]

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Bluegrass on the Grand Ole Opry this week

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
October 11, 2007

Friday Oct. 12
Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press — 8:00-8:30
Saturday Oct. 13
Mike Snider — 6:30-7:00 & 9:30-10:00
Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press — 8:30-9:00
The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM 650 AM radio and online at www.WSMonline.com. All listed times are central time.

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Mike Sumner, a banjo king worthy of his crown

Category: CD Review

By Dan Tackett
October 11, 2007

Winds of Winfield – Mike Sumner
Joe Sumner and his wife Bertha are salt-of-the-earth folks. Plain. Folksy. Friendly as can be. I met these good Hoosier folks at a bluegrass festival in Bean Blossom, Ind. This fall, during Uncle Pen Days, I had the pleasure of jamming with Joe and Bertha, he on his own hand-crafted [...]

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