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NEW KENTUCKY COLONELS LIVE IN HOLLAND 1973 Roland White Music RW0001 Clarence White’s tragic death at the hands of a drunk driver forty years ago did not just tear apart his lifelong musical connection with his brothers Roland and Eric and their landmark bluegrass band, the Kentucky Colonels. Like the premature deaths of Django Reinhardt,…

MICKEY GALYEAN & CULLEN’S BRIDGE ROLLIN’ WITH TRADITION  Galyean Family Records 12013 Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge’s Rollin’ With Tradition can only be recommended to those who enjoy solid picking, no-nonsense arrangements of strong songs new and old, and good, unpretentious singing. This ensemble with a perfect blend of passion for classic bluegrass and experience…

BYRON BERLINE: A FIDDLER’S DIARY—BY BYRON BERLINE WITH JANE FROST—New Forums Press 9781581072457. Paperback, 410 pp., $25.95. (New Forums Press, Inc., 1018 S. Lewis St., Stillwater, OK 74074, www.newforums.com.) Readers of this magazine should be well familiar with Byron Berline’s music, but many of us have not had the privilege and pleasure of knowing him…

SIDELINE SESSION 1 Mountain Fever Records MFR130611 Pull together musicians from bands such as the Cherryholmes, IIIrd Tyme Out, the Darrell Webb Band, and Mountain Heart, give them a chance to work up a CD’s worth of traditional, straight-from-the-still bluegrass, mix it all together with a heaping dollop of creativity, and you get the new…

RON BLOCK WALKING SONG Rounder Records 1166191672 Ron Block’s first two solo albums were religious-based offerings, thoughtful, challenging and compelling. Both were of high quality all around. For his third, he has switched to a more secular offering, though no less thoughtful, challenging, and compelling, and spiritual. And, of course, the results are what you…

TRINITY RIVER BAND TODAY DON’T LOOK LIKE RAIN No Label No Number From the State of Florida hails the Trinity River Band with their third release in less than three years. This is probably their best effort yet. The band is the Harris family consisting of Mike Harris (guitar), Lisa Harris (bass) and siblings Sarah…