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Till The End Of The Road
Turnberry Records TBR-110 “Starlett & Big John” are Starlett Boswell (vocals, bass) and “Big” John Talley (vocals, guitar). Together they are joined on this project by Jonathan Dillon (mandolin), David Carroll (banjo), and Ron Stewart (fiddle). They are also helped by special guests Mo Canada (guitar), and Skip Cherryholmes (vocals), who also co-produced the album…
Starry Southern Nights
Rock Hearts hail from Rhode Island and in the eight years since getting together in 2013 have become one of New England’s popular bands. Rock Hearts members are Alex MacLeod (guitar), Joe Deetz (banjo), Billy Thibodeau (mandolin), Danny Musher (fiddle), and Rick Brodsky (bass). Collectively they are all veterans of the music, having performed with…
Dream Rich, Dirt Poor
Aaron Burdett is a Western North Carolina singer-songwriter who is the recipient of many songwriting awards from a variety of competitions such as Merlefest, Mountain Stage, WNCW Magazine and others. On this project he has a backing cadre of musicians that include Kim France (bass), Daniel Ullom (mandolin), Carley Arrowood (fiddle), Tony Creasman (percussion), David…
Old-Timeless Conversations
(Exploring And Celebrating Traditional Music) Chris Silver plays fiddle, mandolin, and guitar while Craig Evans plays frailing banjo. Together they are supported by Chris’ son Ari Silver on bass. Both are veteran Upper-Midwest musicians, Silver from Wisconsin and Evans from Minnesota. They each have extensive performing and touring experience in the U.S. and abroad. They…
Come Home
Bent Mountain is a gathering of like-minded musicians organized and produced by Dr. Quigg Lawrence, the Bishop of The Church of the Holy Spirit in Roanoke, Virginia. Some of the musicians on the project incudes Lawrence himself along with Annie Lawrence, Eric Imhof, Julie Wright, Ayden Young, and Blane Young. Augmenting this lineup are a…
Larry Stephenson Band
This new release from Larry Stephenson and the Band is a retrospective of live performances featuring some of the band’s configurations from over the years. While culling through these recordings, Stephenson felt this collection covered the folks he was lucky enough to have performed with. The songs were selected from shows at seven different venues…