Posts Tagged ‘banjo’
The Complete Recordings of The Red Fox Chasers
Sitting around a camp fire in the woods of North Carolina, Guy Brooks and Paul Miles begin to play. They play songs they learned from their fathers, from hunters, from farmers, from the people of the mountains. The fire crackles and they play real appellation mountain music. It’s been a long day...
October 12th, 2009 | Features, Record Reviews | Read More The Lynn Morris Band "Shape of a Tear" Rounder Records
by Andy Warrener
Hats off to Rounder Records for their release of The Lynn Morris Band’s “Shape of a Tear”. A finely crafted album full of Smoky Mountain, bluegrass music. They’re not your typical quartet, bass, banjo, mandolin, vocals. No, Lynn Morris is a musician who learned...
November 18th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More Patrick McAvinue "Rutland's Reel" Patuxent Music
by Joseph Scott
Patrick McAvinue gets the fiddle. That isn’t just to say he can play one, though he most assuredly can. But he also understand the fiddle’s history in and importance to bluegrass, and to country music in general. And he aims with every performance to make his audience understand...
November 7th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More The Wood Brothers "Loaded" Blue Note
by Kyle McCraw
Every so often, you stumble upon an album that is immediately indispensable. Such was my experience first hearing The Wood Brothers’ debut, “Ways Not to Lose,” and I was worried that their follow-up, “Loaded” would not live up to my high expectations. ...
September 24th, 2008 | Record Reviews | Read More Old Crow Medicine Show
by Jesse Hill
On September 23rd, Old Crow Medicine Show will release their third album Tennessee Pusher, a beautifully cinematic and empathetic album about a people and from a people, the American people, the people from which this musical tradition is sprung. After going into the lost alleys and forgotten...
September 20th, 2008 | Favorites, Features, Interviews | Read More In the Footsteps of the Snowman: A Jerry Reed Retrospective
by Jon Black
“Atlanta to Texarkana and back in twenty eight hours? That ain’t never been done before.”
– Cledus Snow (The Snowman), Smokey and the Bandit
In 1977, Smokey and the Bandit exploded on to movie screens across the country. While the focus of the film was unquestionably Burt Reynold’s...
September 18th, 2008 | CMP Artists | Read More Earl Scruggs
Just a few quick facts about the mighty Earl Scruggs; 1) Earl Scruggs was born in Shelby, North Carolina in Cleveland County. 2) Earl began pickin’ on the banjo at age four and by the age of ten he had developed the infamous “Scruggs style” (amongst other names) banjo picking style. 3) Ol’ Earl...
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Phil Vassar: I did it my way December 30, 2009 17:12 -
CMP Talks with Rosanne Cash about life, her legendary father and her extraordinary new album. November 17, 2009 11:11 -
Randy Houser is Keeping His “Boots On” – Interview October 6, 2009 01:10 -
Tracy Lawrence September 6, 2009 19:09 -
Dan Tyminski (Alison Krauss/Soggy Bottom Boys) August 31, 2009 19:08 -
Gloriana August 21, 2009 10:08 -
Larry the Cable Guy December 17, 2008 18:12 -
Dolly Parton November 18, 2008 16:11 -
Charlie Daniels November 18, 2008 00:11 -
Darius Rucker October 22, 2008 12:10
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Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” Version Two March 12, 2010 08:03 -
Bret Michaels teams up with Miley Cyrus on new single March 11, 2010 06:03 -
James McMurtry Interview March 10, 2010 22:03 -
The Drive-By Truckers’ Balancing Act March 5, 2010 21:03 -
Brooks and Dunn to be recognized at Honors Gala March 22 March 4, 2010 11:03
- Jayne: Mr Ed should be Liz Durrett (http://lizdurrett.com/) and Chesnutt has no extra T in it!...
- oldfarmerwholivedonarock: Her new single, "That's God" is something of a snoozefest. She needs to release some better music if she wants to gain n...
- Gary: It truly is amazing the life that this man has lead both on and off the stage.It goes to show you what itestinal fortitu...
- Jason Estopinal: o baby there is no hiding the fact that i think the avetts sold out big time and will do anything they can to make a buc...
- Lee: Jason,Bitterness is very hard to hide and not attractive....
