Archive for August 14th, 2009

Nothin’ Fancy online and on the airwaves


Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
August 14, 2009

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Nothin’ Fancy, SPBGMA’s two-time Entertaining Group of the Year, will be hot on the media trail online and over the airwaves this month to promote the band’s upcoming 9th Annual Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival to be held on September 24-26, 2009.

The band will visit Anne Williams on her “Sunday Morning Bluegrass” show on WNRN FM…

Rounder recording artists garner numerous IBMA Award Nominations


Category: IBMA Nominees

By Travis Tackett
August 14, 2009

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Burlington, MA — Rounder Records is pleased to announce numerous nominations for its artists by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) for the 20TH Annual IBMA awards. The awards show will take place in Nashville at the historic Ryman Auditorium on Thursday, October 1 at 7:30 PM CST….

David Davis finding success with Two Dimes & a Nickel


Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
August 14, 2009

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David Davis and the Warrior River Boys are riding their latest project up the charts with “Two Dimes & A Nickel.”

That’s the latest single from the Alabama native who has led the Warrior River Boys for 25 years, forging a unique…

Illinois’s oldest festival announces lineup


Category: Festival News

By Dan Tackett
August 14, 2009

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Special Consensus, The Chapmans and The Harmans, all Midwestern bands with a far-reaching span, will headline the 37th Annual Barnes Family Bluegrass Music Festival Sept. 4, 5 and 6 at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Aledo, Ill.

The festival dates to 1972, when Jim and Eleanor Barnes…

Special Consensus to headline Indiana show


Category: Events, Concerts & Festivals

By Dan Tackett
August 14, 2009

Special Consensus, riding high in the charts with their new CD, Signs, will headline a show at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Ind., at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21.

They will be joined by the Harness Family Band, a bluegrass and bluegrass gospel group….