http://www.thebluegrassblog.com News at the speed of Bluegrass! Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:37:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had a bunch of photos up last week from Sam Bush's CD release party for Circles Around Me, which also served as a 25th Wedding Anniversary party for he and Lynn. Now, Sugar Hill has released a second Sam Bush TV clip, with scenes and brief interviews from the ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/video-from-sam-bush-cd-release-party/ Ralph Stanley will sit with David Letterman tonight (11/6) to discuss his autobiography, Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times. Letterman has dubbed this week as Country Music Week on The Late Show, with musical performances each night from prominent Nashville entertainers. Stanley will close out this theme week talking ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/dr-ralph-does-the-late-show/ One of the surprise hits at IBMA last month was The Quebe Sisters Band (pronounced kway-bee). I had not seen them prior to IBMA, though the buzz about their highly entertaining shows had reached my ear. These three talented young ladies (Grace, Sophia and Hulda) from Fort Worth, TX specialize ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/the-quebe-sisters-band-at-ibma/ Have a Jerry, Jerry Christmas? That suggestion was surely knocked down early on when choosing a title for the new Jerry Douglas Christmas album, recently released by E1 Music (formerly Koch Records). The actual title is Jerry Christmas, and the CD contains a dozen Christmas favorites, both traditional and modern, recorded ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/jerry-christmas/ Our buddy Wichita Rutherford is perceived by many as a funny man, and rightly so. But the truth is, he takes at least one thing seriously, bluegrass music! He has a lot of fun for sure, but he truly respects the music and the people who create it. His show ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/wichita-rutherford-and-ricky-skaggs/ Here's something you don't see every day...  a bluegrass band celebrating a 15th anniversary - with the same personnel with which they launched. Blue Highway played their first show on New Year's Eve in 1994 with Tim Stafford on guitar, Shawn Lane on mandolin, Wayne Taylor on bass, Jason Burleson on ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/blue-highway-takes-the-crystal/ It was around this time last year that we were telling you about a new CD by renowned jazz bassist Charlie Haden. Rambling Boy marked Haden's return to his bluegrass/country roots. Soon after, Haden was performing on the Grand Ole Opry. On November 17, 2009 he's going to be putting on a ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/charlie-haden-family-friends-concert/ Here's another tidbit concerning Steve Martin. If you've ever wanted to be a music video producer, now's your chance. Steve wants a music video for his tune Wally on the Run, so he's holding a contest. You can create your own video to his song and enter to win $1000. Since the ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/create-a-music-video-for-steve-martin/ The good folks who manage Banjo.com have created a new banjo blog, for banjo players of course. It's called The Banjo Guru, and is a group blog written by a trio of experts: Mark Bramlett, John Drummond and Greg Earnest. Bramlett is the general manager of Banjo.com's retail operation, Earnest is ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/new-banjo-blog-the-banjo-guru/ The recent appearnce by The Alison Brown Quartet on Mountain Stage has just been posted on the show's NPR web page. They perform five songs from their latest Compass Records release, The Company You Keep. Brown has never limited herself to a single type of music. As banjo player with Alison ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/alison-brown-quartet-on-mountain-stage/ Speaking of Steve Martin (see previous post), here's another in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately prior to the IBMA Award Show. This particular video features Doug McKelway interviewing John McEueun, who was instrumental in the production of Steve Martin's newest CD, The Crow. [flv]http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/mceuen.flv[/flv] http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/red-carpet-2009-john-mceuen/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that Steve Martin will co-host this year's (82nd) Academy Awards (otherwise known as the Oscars). Martin has been getting a lot of press recently for his banjo playing. He was involved with the 2009 IBMA Awards Show in Nashville, performing with ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/steve-martin-to-co-host-oscars/ Tonight's edition of Music City Roots on WSM has plenty to attract the attention of bluegrass fans. The show, which airs live each Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (CST) from The Loveless Barn, just outside of Nashville, will feature sets from The Grascals and The Josh Williams Band. If you live within ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/grascals-josh-williams-on-music-city-roots/ Casey Henry has agreed to send us occasional updates from The American Revival Tour, where she is performing with Dixie Bee-Liners. Also on the tour are Sierra Hull & Highway 111 and headliners Uncle Earl. Here is Casey's report. The arrival of November saw The Dixie Bee-Liners, Uncle Earl, and Sierra Hull ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/american-revival-tour-%e2%80%93-week-1/ If you've ever wanted to sing bluegrass harmony and didn't know how to learn, or if you've been trying and need some help figuring out the parts, Stephen Mougin has come to your rescue. Stephen plays guitar and sings with Sam Bush. He knows his way around bluegrass harmony, and he's ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/learn-to-sing-bluegrass-harmony/ After seeing the costumes from Dixie Bee-Liners, Tim Shelton sent along this photo of NewFound Road in their Halloween get-ups. They played their entire October 31 show in Tompkinsville, KY in full KISS makeup and wigs, and Tim said that they had a blast! Barry Scott & Second Wind was also ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/more-halloween-silliness/ Casey Henry has agreed to send us occasional updates from The American Revival Tour, where she is performing with Dixie Bee-Liners. Also on the tour are Sierra Hull & Highway 111 and headliners Uncle Earl. Here is Casey's first report. I'm composing this email while backstage at the Birchmere, waiting for our ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/casey-on-the-road-with-the-bee-liners/ The following is an account from Wayne Taylor, describing his tour this past September in England and Scotland with his group, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa. On September 21, 1995 in Rosine, Kentucky, the US Navy's Country Current bluegrass group performed for the birthday celebration and plaque dedication ceremony for Bill Monroe, ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/a-promise-fulfilled/ Dan Mazer, widely known as BanjerDan, reports a stolen banjo - his customized Deering GDL model, last seen at 18th and Varnum Streets in Washington, DC on October 18. Mazer describes it as follows: "Description: Deering 5-string banjo, GDL model, walnut neck and resonator. The word "Mazertone" is inlaid at the 21st ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/stolen-banjo-mazertone/ Want to tour with Rhonda Vincent? Well she isn't hiring, but her two talented daughters are. Tensel and Sally Sandker are both studying in the bluegrass music program at East Tennesse State University, and perform as Next Best Thing. Tensel plays bass, Sally mandolin/guitar, and as you might expect, both of them ... http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/auditions-for-next-best-thing/