Dry Branch audio samples online
The 30th Anniversary compilation CD from The Dry Branch Fire Squad which Richard Thompson wrote about last month is due for release tomorrow (5/15).
Carrying the appropriate title of 30th Anniversary Special, the CD contains 21 tracks taken from earlier releases over the course of the band’s thirty year career, plus 4 previously unreleased tracks.
Audio samples for each track are now posted on the Rounder Records site, with online ordering enabled.
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Here's another post from our all-the-more regular correspondent, Richard Thompson. He writes from England, where he is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor.
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