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KENNY AND AMANDA SMITH WITH YOU FarmBoy Records FBR-1005 With their latest release, Kenny and Amanda Smith have delivered another polished, lush-sounding bluegrass CD filled with Amanda’s IBMA award-winning voice and Kenny’s similarly lauded flatpicking guitar. Opening with the sublimely engaging “Change,” Amanda’s voice grabs the listener at the first line. “I’ve Not Forgotten You”…

DARYL MOSLEY THE SECRET OF LIFE Pinecastle Records PRC1241 It’s about dang time! Isn’t that what a lot of you thought when you heard that veteran bluegrass musician Daryl Mosley had put out his first solo CD? The much-awaited anticipation is well worth it. Fans know Mosley most recently from his founding membership with The…

NATE LEE WINGS OF A JETLINER Adverb Records No Number Nate Lee goes on his first solo flight with Wings Of A Jetliner. Produced by fellow Becky Buller Band member Professor Dan Boner, Lee’s debut showcases what the 2015 IBMA Momentum Award-winning Instrumentalist Of The Year can do with mandolin, vocals, and composition. Wings Of…

PHARIS AND JASON ROMERO BET ON LOVE Lula Records Lula-CD-2006 With Bet On Love, British Columbia’s Pharis and Jason Romero continue to burnish their already lofty reputation as leading producers of stellar new songs informed by old-time, folk, and bluegrass music. Showcasing and exploring the potential of Pharis’ lustrous vocals, Bet On Love also finds…

JB & JAMIE DAILEY STEP BACK IN TIME Pinecastle Records PRC1238 As the saying goes, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. What a mighty tree Jamie Dailey toppled from! The talented tenor of Dailey & Vincent teams up with his gifted dad, JB, for the full-length collaboration, Step Back In Time. Before the…

PROF. DAN BONER WEST OF WEST VIRGINIA No Label No Number Professor Dan Boner is the Director of Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Studies at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn. This is Boner’s third self-produced project and includes a number of familiar selections and a few originals. Boner plays guitar and fiddle and…