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DRY BRANCH FIRE SQUAD DON’T FORGET THIS SONG No Label No Number This is the secular side of two Dry Branch Fire Squad CDs recorded at the same session and released simultaneously. Buy one or buy both. Each will stand on its own merits; merits that become obvious from the opening track. Up first is…

BEYOND THE BLUE ON A MISSION… No Label No Number With seven years together, Beyond The Blue from Elkin, N.C., has settled into a comfortable groove that shows itself on this their third recording. As they state in their press notes, this one follows much in the lines of their first two, in this case…

JEFF BROWN AND STILL LONESOME BLUE SIDE OF ME Mountain Fever Records MFR 130610 Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome perform bluegrass in a straightforward, traditional style that conjures up visions of Larry Sparks’ Lonesome Ramblers and Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys. Individual vocal credits are not given, but it appears Jeff Brown sings all the…

KRISTY COX LIVING FOR THE MOMENT Pisgah Ridge PR15172  Australian Kristy Cox has come to Nashville and also joined the folks at Pisgah Ridge Records to produce a wonderful new project produced by Jerry Salley. Salley also co-wrote six of the ten new songs on this CD, and Cox herself co-wrote five. Accompanying Cox on…

JOE MULLINS & THE RADIO RAMBLERS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, THE CENTERVILLE ALTERNATIVE STRINGS No Label No Number More bluegrass bands should release videos of their shows. One per band would do it, just to give people a better sense of the band. There are technical hurdles, but the positives outweigh them, usually. Joe Mullins &…

DOC WATSON THE GUITAR ARTISTRY OF DOC WATSON Vestapol 13130 There never will be someone like Doc Watson again. A man of high integrity, inspirational talent, and a positive force on all of those who met him and heard or saw him perform. The first time this writer saw him perform was almost fifty years…