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A FIDDLER’S GUIDE TO MOVEABLE SHAPES—BY JOHN MAILANDER
A FIDDLER’S GUIDE TO MOVEABLE SHAPES—BY JOHN MAILANDER Coloring book and colored pencils also included, $25. (www.johnmailander.com) This concise, spiral-bound book is full of useful information for the reading fiddler, mandolinist, or other musician who has come to the realization that there is more to know than meets the ear. To hear things and intuit…
THE LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND
THE LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND MODERN OLD-TIME SOUNDS FOR THE BLUEGRASS & FOLKSONG JAMBOREE No Label No Number This Canadian band is ostensibly old-time, but they’re iconoclastic in their approach. Any good song, regardless of origin, is fodder for their imagination. Drawing from some of the more outrageous ideas of the great folk scare of the…
NICK HORNBUCKLE
NICK HORNBUCKLE 13 OR SO Ruby’s Slipper Records RSR 216 There have been some outstanding two-finger banjo pickers that have made themselves known. Among them are Doc Watson, Will Keys, and Jack Phelps, who was a Blue Grass Boy. Add the name Nick Hornbuckle to this list. He’s a member of John Reischman & The…
JUNIOR SISK
JUNIOR SISK LOAD THE WAGON Mountain Fever MFR200214 Junior Sisk has been on the bluegrass scene for over 30 years and is well known for his straight-ahead traditional bluegrass. Load The Wagon is the first album branded specifically under Junior Sisk’s name and utilizes his current band (since the dissolution of Rambler’s Choice). Vocals are provided by…
CANE MILL ROAD
CANE MILL ROAD LET’S ALL DO SOME LIVING Trailhead CD-1901 Cane Mill Road, a young band from western North Carolina, brings forth its second album Let’s All Do Some Living. Mandolinist/fiddler Liam Purcell was only 16 years old and banjoist Tray Wellington was in college at East Tennessee State University at the time this live album…
BRADLEY & ADAIR OH DARLIN’
BRADLEY & ADAIR OH DARLIN’ Pinecastle Records PRC1235 Five-time IBMA Female Vocalist Of The Year Dale Ann Bradley teamed up with Sister Sadie bandmate Tina Adair to release their duet project Oh Darlin’. If you’re familiar with the iconic Skaggs & Rice duet album, several tracks on Oh Darlin’ have the same bluegrass feel. “Mommy Please Stay Home With…