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MICKEY GALYEAN & CULLEN’S BRIDGE
MICKEY GALYEAN & CULLEN’S BRIDGE SONGS FROM THE BLUE RIDGE Rebel Records REB CD 1866 In a time when so much sounds similar, it’s a joyous day when an album kicks your butt like its 1954, right from the fiddle kickoff on the first song. Songs From The Blue Ridgedoes precisely that for me. The veteran…
TYLER GRANT AND ROBIN KESSINGER
TYLER GRANT AND ROBIN KESSINGER KANAWHA COUNTY FLATPICKING Grant Central 1802 Tyler Grant from Colorado and Robin Kessinger from West Virginia are both champion flatpicking guitarists and singers. They collaborate on this CD with Tyler’s guitar in the left channel and Robin’s in the right channel. The recording opens with “Soldier’s Joy” in harmony and…
VARIOUS ARTISTS
VARIOUS ARTISTS COME SEE ABOUT ME A BENEFIT FOR THE IBMA TRUST FUND Mountain Home MH17182 Come See About Meis not only a fine album with an inspiring theme, it’s also the culmination of a very worthy endeavor to which the contributing artists donated their time, talent, and royalties. The album was conceived and executed…
LARRY CORDLE
LARRY CORDLE TALES FROM EAST KENTUCKY Mighty Cord Records MCR1004 Cracking open a new album from stellar songwriter and singer Larry Cordle is like a combination of Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates and Christmas morning. You don’t know exactly what you’re going to get—with the intriguing variety of topics, stories, and characters portrayed in each…
COURTNEY HARTMAN & TAYLOR ASHTON
COURTNEY HARTMAN & TAYLOR ASHTON BEEN ON YOUR SIDE Free Dirt Records DIRT-CD-0089 The debut recording from Della Mae’s virtuoso guitarist Courtney Hartman and Taylor Ashton, clawhammer banjo player and guitarist of Canadian roots ensemble Fish & Bird, is a quietly introspective piece of mostly original music recorded in the dead of winter with a…
WILLIAMSON BRANCH
WILLIAMSON BRANCH FREE Pinecastle Records PRC1217 The second release from Williamson Branch on Pinecastle and their third national release, Freeis an impressive showcase of Kevin and Debbie Williamson and their three talented daughters: Melody (19, on fiddle and guitar), Kadence (16, on bass), and Caroline (9 on vocals, and she also plays fiddle at live performances)….