Karan Casey released “Ships in the Forest” (Compass Records) this week.

Gibson Brothers “Iron & Diamonds” Release Party happens April 10

The Gibson Brothers will celebrate the release of their latest album “Iron & Diamonds” (Sugar Hill) during a CD Release Party at the Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn. later this week. The show and celebration kicks off at 9:00 PM this Thursday evening. Cover Charge is $10.00 at the door. It should be an outstanding show based on the strength of their latest release.

Irish Singer Karan Casey released “Ships in the Forest” on Compass Records this week

On “Ships in the Forest,” her fifth solo album and debut on Compass Records, Karan Casey’s warm soprano ebbs and flows around ballads both timely and timeless. Produced by and featuring founding Capercaillie member Donald Shaw, Casey surrounded herself with a wealth of special guests including Caoimhín Vallely (piano), Cillian Vallely (pipes), Kate Ellis (cello), Kris Drever (vocals), Martin O’Neill (bodhrán), Niall Vallely (concertina) and Robbie Overson on guitar. The songs found on “Ships in the Forest” range from fresh arrangements of tried and true folk standards (“Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” and “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”) to “The Fiddle and the Drum”, Joni Mitchell’s 1969 anti-war madrigal.

Among the dates on her North American Tour are a pair of dates at Merlefest. For other dates and information visit Karan Casey online.

Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s up coming events.

Friday, April 11, 2008
Curators Exhibit Tour: Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy — 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, April 12, 2008
Songwriter Session w/ Dave Robbins — Noon
Interview and Performance w/ Jett Williams — 2:00 p.m.
Autograph Signing w/ Jett Williams — 3:30 p.m. (FREE)

Sunday, April 13, 2008
Banjo Demonstration w/ Rik Palieri — 1:00 p.m.
Film Screening: Kate Smith Evening Hour (1952) — 2:00 p.m. (FREE)

Saturday, April 19, 2008
Songwriter Session w/ Freddy Weller — Noon
Family Program: Musical Petting Zoo — 1:00 p.m. (FREE)

Sunday, April 20, 2008
Fiddle, Mandolin, and Guitar Demonstration w/ Maddie Denton — 1:00 p.m.

The Museum is located at 222 Fifth Ave. S. in downtown Nashville, and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. Admission is $17.95 for adults, $9.95 for children ages six to 17, and free for children under six. The Museum offers discounted admission ($16.15) to seniors (55 and older), the military and students (with valid IDs). Group rates are available for tours of 15 or more. There is no charge to visit the Curb Conservatory or the Museum Store.

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The Gibson Brothers

Nashville, Tenn — Sugar Hill Records is set to release “Iron & Diamonds” with bluegrass stalwarts The Gibson Brothers on April 8, 2008. “Iron & Diamonds,” the groups fourth Sugar Hill release, showcases the brothers’ trademark harmonies. Interspersed with original songs like the title track — a snapshot of the miners’ baseball league in their upstate-NY home are carefully chosen covers like Tom Petty’s “Cabin Down Below” and others.

“Iron & Diamonds” boasts the brothers’ best vocal mix to date thanks to recording live on a single microphone, capturing the energy and closeness that concert audiences rave about. The band — Mike Barber on bass, Clayton Campbell on fiddle, and Rick Hayes on mandolin — is tighter than ever, complementing the brothers’ harmonies with adept instrumental performances.

Leigh and Eric Gibson have been performing together since encouraged in their youth by a minister in the borderlands of upstate New York, where they still reside. They received a Best Emerging Artist nod from the IBMA in 1998 and have previously recorded three albums for Sugar Hill Records — “Bona Fide,” “Long Way Back Home,” and “Red Letter Day.”

The following video is the song “I Got A Woman” from The Gibson Brothers, “Red Letter Day” record released on Sugar Hill Records.

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