CD Review

Heather Berry & Tony serve up parlor music

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By Dan Tackett
June 19, 2008

Heather Berry & Tony Mabe “Before Bluegrass” (Blue Circle Records)
What a hoot that must have been for the Halls to come up with some new lyrics and melodies that sound like they came right out of the Bristol Sessions. Any CD is only as good as its songs, and the Halls really wrote some [...]

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Tyminski makes hay while boss is out of town

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By Dan Tackett
June 17, 2008

The Dan Tyminski Band releases their much anticipated CD, “Wheels,” on the Rounder Label today, June 17.
So, what do you do when you have a great job and the boss lady hangs it up?
If you’re Dan Tyminski, you start back at Square One — in a way. Not that his boss lady — that [...]

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The Infamous Stringdusters up the ante on new Sugar Hill Release

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By Travis Tackett
June 10, 2008

The Infamous Stringdusters - “The Infamous Stringdusters” (Sugar Hill Records)
The Infamous Stringdusters stunned the bluegrass world at last years IBMA awards. The ‘Dusters, you might recall, took home the awards for Emerging Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and they also recorded the IBMA’s “Song of the Year” which was the [...]

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Country Gentlemen reunite on new CD

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By Dan Tackett
June 4, 2008

Adcock, Gaudreau, Waller & Gray - The Country Gentlemen Reunion Band (RadioTherapy Records)
It’s nothing short of amazing that the landmark bluegrass band, The Country Gentlemen, has been around for half a century. It’s equally difficult to fathom the huge impact the group has had on bluegrass as we know it today.
From the outset, [...]

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The King James gospel according to James King

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By Dan Tackett
June 2, 2008

James King “Gardens in the Sky: The Bluegrass Gospel of James King” (Rounder)
The Christian World has relied on the King James version of the Bible for centuries. Now the bluegrass world has its own James King rendition of all things gospel.
“Gardens in the Sky: The Bluegrass Gospel of James King,” was released last [...]

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