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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine November 2001, Volume 36, Number 5 At any bluegrass festival or indoor shindig, you can always tell when a popular or favorite band is about to appear, by the filling of the seats and the gathering of the crowd. This past February, the seats were all filled and they were…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine July, 1992, Volume 27, Number 1 The Nashville Bluegrass Band is among the most exciting and highly acclaimed bands in bluegrass today. They have been the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Vocal Group Of The Year for two years straight (1990-91) and were 1991 finalists for Instrumental Group Of The Year…

Well all I can say is “Wow, folks!” Adam McIntosh has got a hit record here with his solo debut Restless, from Billy Blue Records. Boasting big talent from some of his fellow bluegrass constituents such as Jason Barie from the Radio Ramblers, and Evan Lanier of Dry Branch Fire Squad. The album features vocals…

Singer-songwriter Jack McKeon makes a big impression on his debut album. Drawing on influences ranging from John Hartford and John Prine to Guy Clark and Hal Ketchum, McKeon has perfected the gift of finding pathos and drama in everyday occurrences, conversations and meditations. He does it in a style that’s unique and captivating with eminently…

I Built A World seems just about the right title for the second album from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes.  Keith-Hynes is the fiddle player for Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, a little band you may have heard that has started collecting Grammy Awards to go with previously earned IBMA hardware. Keith-Hynes has already won two IBMA Fiddle…

This new release from this East Tennessee band is a follow-up project to their 2022 release Gospel Sessions Vol. 1. The band, formed by three former members of Doyle Lawson’s Quicksilver, is Eli Johnston (banjo), Stephen Burwell (fiddle), Jerry Cole (bass), Jesse Brock (mandolin) and John Meader (guitar). As the band did with their previous…