Archive for March 2008

Hear that powerful sound? Longview must be back

Category: CD Review

By Dan Tackett
March 31, 2008

Longview “Deep in the Mountains” (Rounder)
True-blue bluegrass fanatics, rejoice! Longview is back!
Not just back, but roaring back, soaring back like a shuttle launch in Florida.
Rocket science? You bet. Don Rigsby, an original member of the bluegrass super-group, even sounds a bit like a scientist in discussing the latest Longview project.
“When I’m playing, [...]

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Bluegrass Bits and Pieces

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
March 31, 2008

Bluegrass on the Tuesday night Opry
Cherryholmes will perform on Tuesday, April 1 on the Opry. They will perform on the 8:30-9:00 PM Slot.
The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM 650 AM radio, online at www.WSMonline.com and on XM Satellite Radio (XM 11). All listed times are central time.
Preview The Gibson Brother’s “Iron and [...]

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Alison Krauss, Robert Plant release new video: ‘Please Read the Letter’

Category: Bluegrass News, media clip

By Travis Tackett
March 31, 2008

This is the first video Alison Krauss and Robert Plant released. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) from Raising Sand.
Burlington, MA – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have just completed a new video for “Please Read the Letter” – the second single off of their celebrated T Bone Burnett-produced album Raising Sand. Set in [...]

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Bluegrass Bits and Pieces

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
March 28, 2008

Time Jumper’s to make GAC’s “Opry Live” Debut
Nashville, Tenn. — Grammy nominated The Time Jumpers will make their debut appearance on GAC’s “Opry Live” this Saturday (March 29). “Part-time Jumper” Vince Gill will also appear on the show and will sit in with the band. The Time Jumpers are scheduled to perform their [...]

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Stacy York shines in “Kentucky In the Rain”

Category: CD Review

By Dan Tackett
March 28, 2008

Stacy York “Kentucky in the Rain” (Blue Circle Records)
I’d never heard Stacy York sing until a promotional copy of her new CD, “Kentucky in the Rain,” came across my desk. I confess, my first glimpse of the CD told me it was one to put on the back burner, something I’d get to on [...]

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