By Dennis Keeling

Special to BluegrassJournal.com

A lucky group of bluegrass fans got a preview of new material when the band Special Consensus gave a concert Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Maple Street Chapel in Lombard, a city near Chicago in northern Illinois….

The Charlie Sizemore Band on stage at the Iron Post in Urbana, IL. March 15, 2008. Sizemore (guitar), Matt Despain (resonator guitar), Danny Barnes (mandolin), John Pennell (bass) and Barry Crabtree (Banjo) sitting in.
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Charlie Sizemore Band
I’d never seen Charlie Sizemore perform previous to this past weekend when he and his very capable bandmates, known [...]

Dailey & Vincent’s Opry Debut – photo by Chris Hollo / Hollo Photographics
The Ryman Auditorium became another debut venue in late December for new Rounder recording artists Dailey & Vincent. With the crowd nearly in a New Year’s Eve mood on Dec. 29, Jamie Daily and Darren Vincent took to the stage of the Grand [...]

Steep Canyon Rangers L-R Charles Humphrey III, Mike Guggino, Woody Platt, Nicky Sanders and Graham Sharp
By Rickey Lamb and Dan Tackett
Once upon a time, this group of college buddies formed a little bluegrass band. Seven years later, the Steep Canyon Rangers are still buddies — and still performing their own signature style of [...]

Chris Hillman
By Rickey Lamb
A critique
It was like spending the evening with old friends. I’m talking about the Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson show at Voodoo Lounge in Maryland Heights Mo., on Aug. 2. The histories these two men have with renowned musicians are not on par with anyone else in the music world. Some of [...]