Archive for October 2007

Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, Emmylou Harris and Old Crow Medicine Show to Perform at Americana Honors on November 1st

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
October 23, 2007

Old Crow Medicine Show Photo by Danny Clinch
Nashville, Tenn. — The Americana Music Festival and Conference will kickoff on Halloween, Wednesday October 31st in Nashville, TN with an opening party starting at 5:30PM and will continue into the weekend.
Beginning on Thursday morning, daytime panels will be hosted at the Nashville Convention Center and will [...]

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New Bluegrass Releases for October 23

Category: CD Release

By Travis Tackett
October 23, 2007

Raising Sand
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - “Raising Sand” Rounder (CD and Vinyl LP)
Mountain Heart - “Road That Never Ends” Rural Rhythm Records
See our Review of Mountain Hearts “Road That Never Ends” here.

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Rhonda’s got a “Good Thing Going”

Category: CD Release

By Travis Tackett
October 22, 2007

Good Thing Going - Rhonda Vincent
Burlington, MA - On January 8, 2008 Rounder Records will release “Good Thing Going,” the new album from Rhonda Vincent. Since her first release on Rounder, 2000’s “Back Home Again”, Vincent has met with increasing acclaim for her dynamic, infectious take on bluegrass. Her gift for balancing classic bluegrass sounds [...]

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Alison Krauss, Robert Plant tape CMT Crossroads Episode

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
October 22, 2007

Raising Sand - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant taped an episode for CMT’s Crossroads series this past Thursday, October 18th in Lebanon TN. The show featured music from the duo’s highly anticipated release “Raising Sand” which will be released Tuesday October 23 on the Rounder label.
Along with songs from “Raising Sand” [...]

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Fields of Home - “Bittersweet” (self-produced)

Category: CD Review, media clip

By Dan Tackett
October 22, 2007

Fields of Home - “Bittersweet”
James Woolsey can set a jam session on fire, whether he steps up with one of his own tunes, an old standard, going solo or with his wife Lynna kicking in on harmony. I’ve seen him — them — do it several times. Fellow jammers’ ears aren’t the only ones that [...]

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