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GIRI PETERS JUST WHITTLIN’ AROUND No Label No Number The debut album from eleven-year-old, Nashville-based Giri Peters features his talents on mandolin, fiddle, and vocals. He is joined by his eight-year-old sister, Uma, on clawhammer banjo and vocals on three cuts, along with Brandon Bostic on guitar and resonator guitar, Austin Ward on bass, and…

JIM AND LYNNA WOOLSEY HEART AND SOUL, BLOOD AND BONE!!! Broken Record Records BRR1002 This is a collection of excellent tunes from the Woolseys of southwestern Indiana. The songs are mostly written or co-written by Jim and/or Lynna along with other collaborators such as Craig Market, John Pennell, Kerry Phillips, and Nancy Beaudette. These compositions…

EDGAR LOUDERMILK GEORGIA MAPLE Pinecastle Records PRC 1198 Among contemporary lead bluegrass singers, Edgar Loudermilk has one of the most distinctive, recognizable, and enjoyable voices in the business. His crisp baritone lead is powerful, cutting, and expressively tuneful. As with Russell Johnson and Junior Sisk, similarly strident voices, you can always find him in the…

DEER CREEK BOYS WHAT GOES UP Mountain Fever Records MFR160415 If the name Deer Creek Boys sounds familiar, it’s because they’ve been around before—sort of. The band was originally formed in 1999 when brothers Justin and Jason Tomlin (guitar and bass, respectively) joined up with Carson Ogden on mandolin and played around their hometown of…

MILL RUN BLUEGRASS BAND BY REQUEST New Side Record No Number One glance at the title of this album should tell you these are the songs most requested when the Mill Run Bluegrass Band plays out. Given that there are twenty songs, the band must spend a large part of their shows fending off or…

FOGGY MOUNTAIN TROUBADOUR: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CURLY SECKLER BY PENNY PARSONS University of Illinois Press 9780252081590. Paperback, 304 pages, b&w photos, chapter notes, index, song index, $22.95. (University of Illinois Press, Chicago Distribution Ctr., 11030 S. Langley Ave., Chicago, IL 60628, www.press.uillinois.edu.) When it comes to books, it is the best of times…