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<title>Alison Krauss</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Alison Krauss was slated for greatness at an early age. At 12, the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America named her Most Promising Fiddler in the Midwest; just two years later, in 1985, she signed to Rounder Records. But even those honors barely foretold the success Krauss would eventually enjoy, breaking out of the bluegrass scene to become a bona-fide pop star with 26 Grammys to her name. Krauss' biggest record to date has been 2007's <I>Raising Sand</I>, which might have something to do with the participation of a certain Robert Plant. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, the unlikely project turned out to be a natural pairing, with the singers' voices hanging sweetly together over an easy, supple backdrop of rootsy Americana. The album, a critical and commercial success, followed shortly after <I>A Hundred Miles or More</I>, a collection of Krauss' collaborations with artists like Brad Paisley, James Taylor and Sting. Beyond singing and songwriting, Krauss also produces other artists' records, such as Alan Jackson's acclaimed 2006 release, <I>Like Red on a Rose</I>.
- Philip Sherburne]]></description>
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<title>Dolly Parton</title>
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<category>Country Pop/Cosmopolitan</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Dolly Parton is almost more famous for her impossibly curvaceous figure and huge hair than for her music -- which is somewhat of a shame. She is, after all, a distinctive and important part of country music, representing a link from the music of her Appalachian birth place to country's crossover to pop. Parton is a multifaceted artist whose first success came as a songwriter in the mid-1960s, with hit songs recorded by Bill Phillips. After she became Porter Wagoner's singing partner, her career took off and she became a solo artist by 1971. She consistently charted throughout the '70s and crossed over to the Pop charts with " Here You Come Again" in 1977. Along the way Parton became a genuine pop culture icon. Despite the glitzy, glamorous aura that surrounds her, on her recordings Parton always manages to include some element that seems like pure country. As Nashville in the '90s has continued to show its disdain for veteran performers -- and for that matter any artist who doesn't seem genetically engineered -- Parton seems to be backing away from her own image. Her latest releases have been straight bluegrass and countrified folk-pop albums that she's recorded with members of Nashville's elite community of virtuoso bluegrass pickers.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Nickel Creek</title>
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<category>Progressive Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nickel Creek are a young power trio from San Diego who write devastatingly beautiful Bluegrass-inspired folk songs, sung by an angelic-voiced female singer. It's no surprise that Alison Krauss asked to produce Nickel Creek's album; their rustically-influenced accounts of moody folk songs are sung with textured, breathy vocal harmonies and seem like a gift from the gods. Although the music is a collective wash of otherworldly stringed tones, Nickel Creek blend a diverse cornucopia of instruments to create their ethereal woodland sound. Mandolin, Greek bouzouki, fiddle, banjo, upright bass, acoustic and electric guitars come together to create unique sonic layering that was seemingly created in some pastoral sound laboratory, rather than in a conventional studio.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Jerry Garcia</title>
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<category>Country Rock</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Those of you who have never eaten Ben & Jerry's ice cream nor swapped cassette tapes should know that Jerry Garcia was the singer and spokesman for the Grateful Dead, one of the seminally psychedelic San Francisco rock 'n' roll bands that lasted from the mid-1960s to the mid-'90s. During the '70s, he released material under the moniker of the Jerry Garcia Band, as well. In the "other" band featuring Garcia's jazzy playing, the extended, snaky and instantly recognizable solos still took place -- only within a more focused context. With many covers in his repertoire, including songs by Bob Dylan and James Taylor, Garcia was able to stretch out and have fun, resulting in a soulful sound that mixed in bits of funk, folk and bluegrass. Adding to the rootsy feeling was a group of backing singers who created a '60s R&B vibe, offering sharp contrast to the Grateful Dead's broad, spaced-out jamming. Garcia also fronted a folkie bluegrass band by the name of Old & in the Way, releasing some impressive solo material before his death in 1995. His peaceful, gentle vocal inflections were easy on the ears, especially when he was singing watery harmonies. Garcia's innovative guitar playing consisted of infinite jams and fretboard noodling that would trail off like a lysergic hallucination. Fans and followers of his who understood this knew the man as Captain Trips. And those who love his sweet mountian bluegrass songs that he used to play with David Grisman might know him as the Grateful Dawg.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Ricky Skaggs</title>
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<category>New Traditional Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Singer-Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ricky Skaggs started his career in Bluegrass playing mandolin and guitar with the Stanley Brothers in 1970. He kept developing his skills as both a sideman and a leader throughout the '70s, working mostly in Bluegrass. He was also a member of Emmylou Harris' Hot Band for a couple of years. In the early '80s, he had a streak of mainstream country (a genre plagued with pop gloss and overproduction) chart success. Skaggs and his sidemen's virtuoso country picking was heavily influenced by Bluegrass. That, when combined with his lean, no-frills production, makes Skaggs' gold and platinum success even more remarkable.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Soggy Bottom Boys</title>
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<category>Americana</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A fictional group assembled for the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers' <i>O Brother Where Art Thou?</i>. Includes a bevy of Bluegrass talent, including singer Dan Tyminski, fiddler Stuart Duncan and Dobro player Jerry Douglas.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Rhonda Vincent</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rhonda Vincent is an Americana wonder who plays stellar Country Folk and Bluegrass. Whether Vincent is singing solo or three part harmonies it's evident that she is one of the most outstanding singers of her genre. Although she has been been known to perform and record the more mainstream Nashville Sound, Vincent shines brightest when her traditional musical heart and old-timey soul run free. Her twangy voice sings Honky-Tonk inflections like she was born to drown tears in beers.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Vern Gosdin</title>
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<category>Traditional Country</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Although he is not as well known as his contemporaries Merle Haggard or George Jones, Singer-Songwriter Vern Gosdin is a genuine country music star charting twenty-seven hit records between 1978 and 1988. Interestingly, Gosdin's solo recording career represents a successful return to show business for a second act. He began his career in Alabama singing with his brothers, then moved to California in 1960. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, Gosdin started the Bluegrass group the Hillmen, with pre-Byrds mandolinist Chris Hillman, and later recorded an album with former Byrd Gene Clarke. He and his brother Rex hit the charts as the Gosdin Brothers once in 1967 with the song "Hanging On." Gosdin then spent the next nine years working outside the music industry. He proved to have a Midas touch when he came back to the business in 1977, though, and his song "Chiseled in Stone" was voted CMA Song of the Year in 1989. Gosdin sings in a soulful, well-worn voice that is absolutely convincing in its Honky-Tonk mournfulness.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Bill Monroe</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:40:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As a legendary bandleader, Singer-Songwriter, and an innovative instrumentalist, Bill Monroe is as important to the development of modern country music as Muddy Waters is to the development of rock. He was one of the first to popularize the Bluegrass band paradigm of guitar, acoustic bass, fiddle mandolin, and banjo. Beginning his recording career in 1936, Monroe was a demanding bandleader, who sought out (and was sought out by) the best, most innovative players. Monroe was known for his dazzlingly fast lead mandolin breaks and his bands set a standard for playing, operating much like a small jazz combo; all of the players took plentiful turns soloing between verses and choruses. With banjo legend Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt's high lonesome vocals (the best known assemblage), Monroe had a number of hit recordings throughout the '40s and '50s, most notably "Footprints in the Snow" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky." Elvis Presley recorded the latter for Sun Records in 1954. The sound of Monroe's tight, hard-driving band directly influenced the development of Rockabilly (and by extension, Honky-Tonk music). Monroe recorded extensively right up to his death in 1996. He is the subject of many tribute recordings.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>David Grisman</title>
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<category>Progressive Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:46 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Aside from his brilliant skills as a soloist, Grisman's impact on Bluegrass cannot be understated. Drawing on early jazz, Grisman extended the melodic range of his bright mandolin improvisations, while adding a developed, syncopated rhythmic impetus. His album <i>The David Grisman Quintet</i> and his work with Stephane Grappelli and Jerry Garcia have earned him legendary status. Grisman's "Dawg music" is known for its tasteful incorporation of folk, country and Swing.
- Peter Gavin]]></description>
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<title>Doyle Lawson</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Not only is Doyle Lawson revered as a prodigy of the mandolin, but he is also credited with popularizing the integration of gospel-style vocals in bluegrass music. He grew up singing gospel and taught himself how to play banjo, guitar and mandolin at the young age of 11. In the early 1960s he picked banjo for a stringband known as Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys before picking up his mandolin and joining J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys a few years later. The early '70s brought Lawson a near-decade tenure with the Country Gentlemen, a stalwart traditional bluegrass outfit. In 1979, only he formed Quicksilver, a bluegrass outfit that was even more steeped in gospel tradition; by then Lawson had proclaimed himself saved by the Lord and was inflamed with a sense of mission. His love for God put a noticeable amount of feeling and power into his pristine harmonies, as heard on 1998's <I>Gospel Radio Gems</I>, which focused more on gospel and much less on bluegrass. The cool thing about that album is that it was recorded using the traditional approach of playing and singing live into only one (vintage) microphone. Lawson continues to record and perform spiritual-laden bluegrass with Quicksilver and also hosts the annual Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival in Denton, North Carolina.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Ralph Stanley</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ralph and brother Carter not only formed the Stanley Brothers, they were the Clinch Mountain Boys as well. The younger Ralph has been on the radio since the 1940s and continues to pick with the best of 'em to this day. Although he's hailed as a pioneer for his claw-hammer style of banjo flatpicking, his mother's the one who taught him how to play the instrument. Many people credit Bill Monroe as the man who brought bluegrass music to a wider audience, but Ralph Stanley is just as -- or perhaps even more -- responsible for getting mountain string music out there.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Isaacs</title>
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<category>Southern Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Devil Makes Three</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:06:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Stanley Brothers</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ralph and Carter Stanley were born in the Appalachian Mountains, and thus were the very first to integrate the mountain folk music on which they were raised into the Bluegrass formula. They also blended some heavenly close vocal harmonies into their songs, simultaneously changing and raising the bar for this kind of music.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Pickin' On</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 08:25:48 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Osborne Brothers</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Del McCoury</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Singer-guitarist Del McCoury's dedication to Traditional Bluegrass, manifested in an almost relentless touring and recording schedule, has made him one of the most popular artists of the genre. McCoury was a banjo player until he and his band were hired to back the legendary Bill Monroe in the early 1960s. McCoury switched to rhythm guitar and lead vocals while learning to lead a band straight from the source. His current band is a family affair, with sons Ronnie and Robbie on mandolin and banjo, respectively. The band mixes sizzling instrumental interplay with the kind of uncannily close harmonies that seem unique to those between family members.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Flatt and Scruggs</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Although Bill Monroe is often credited as the original Bluegrass pioneer, it's Monroe's proteges Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (and their popular string band the Foggy Mountain Boys) who really helped bring the genre out of its wayward hillbilly pigeonhole. Flatt's exquisite vocal control and charming smile helped get the Foggy Mountain Boys more live and television exposure than any other string bands of the time
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Country Gentlemen</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Years before the term (or even the notion of ) Progressive Bluegrass existed, the Country Gentlemen were pioneering it. Like many Folk Revival players of the late '50s and early '60s, the Country Gentlemen were turned on to Bluegrass via folk music. While their more popular contemporaries were stuck playing "Tom Dooley" in v-neck sweaters on college campuses, the Country Gentlemen dipped so deep into Bluegrass music that they became gifted Bluegrass musicians and singers. Although they've gone through more lineup changes than Deep Purple, the band still records and plays Bluegrass festivals.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Infamous Stringdusters</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Earl Scruggs</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Lester Raymond Flatt and Earl Scruggs left the Foggy Mountain Boys and split up their notorious picking outfit due to artistic differences, Flatt took the traditional route and Scruggs struck out to expand his musical horizons. His journey within the Earl Scruggs Review was successful. Rather than sticking to a tried and true yet absolutely predictable formula, Scruggs injected his matchless style of Bluegrass picking with bits of rock and pop sensibilities, while maintaining a pastoral twang. The songs reflect a healthy nod to the roots of Bluegrass music and oldfangled, countrified folk traditionals.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The SteelDrivers</title>
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<category>Progressive Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Crooked Still</title>
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<category>Country-Folk/Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:54:12 -0800</pubDate>
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- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>High Windy</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:48 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Chatham County Line</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:54:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ron Block</title>
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<category>Country-Folk/Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Trampled by Turtles</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 10:54:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Trampled by Turtles</rhap:artist>
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<title>Chris Thile</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:19:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Once thought as that little kid with the mandolin, Chris Thile has matured into a band leader (Nickel Creek) and now a solo recording artist who continues to develop his own unique style. On the heels of Bela Fleck, Dave Matthews and other neo-bluegrass fusion musicians, Chris Thile has expanded upon his early roots beginnings to include jazz fusion and indie/alternative meanderings. His fourth solo CD, <I>Deceiver</I>, while still on the independent bluegrass/country label Sugar Hill, carries a modern sound befitting someone in their early twenties regardless of their musical leanings. Thile's latest batch of lyrics are steeped in rebellious angst and emo romance, while still making a respectful nod to the sounds of the old traditional waltzes and reels of his youth. It's exciting to watch this virtuoso musician grow up, grab hair gel and leap between genres, heading toward becoming a neo-eclectic alt star on his own terms. Already a mature old-timer as a songwriter and performer, Chris Thile seems determined to sow his musical oats in new ground without letting anyone set any expectations on what he should be bringing to their ears.
- Michele K-Tel]]></description>
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<title>The Cox Family</title>
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<category>New Traditional Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Louisiana's Cox Family weave Gospel harmonies into their already soaring Bluegrass sound and arrive at a distinctive and arresting sound of their own. The group, which comprises patriarch Willard Cox, his son Sydney, and daughters Eviler and Suzanne, are all excellent instrumentalists. But their uncanny harmonizing skills have brought them the measure of fame and fortune that sets them apart from much of the Bluegrass world. They were "discovered" by Bluegrass superstar Alison Krauss, who brought them to Rounder Records, as well as produced a number of their albums.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Red Foley</title>
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<category>Country Gospel</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Chris Hillman</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:21:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of Country Rock's pioneers along with Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman's work with the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers helped bring country to an audience that had previously dismissed it as hillbilly music. At the age of 17, Hillman hooked up with seminal string picker Vern Gosdin and a bluegrass outfit that came to be called the Hillmen after it was obvious that Hillman's exquisite mandolin playing was the prominent feature of the band. Following stints with the Hillmen, the Byrds, the Burritos, Manassas and the Souther Hillman Furay band, Hillman went solo before forming the Cosmic American musical outfit Desert Rose Band with Herb Pederson. With its open chords, his music rings brightly and evokes yesterday's spiritual, front porch twang, and his close, high-lonesome vocal harmonies can only be challenged by the Louvin and Everly Brothers. Hillman's songs are still ablaze with chiming, rustic instrumentation and soaring Americana passion.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Jim and Jesse</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ricochet</title>
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<category>New Country</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:44:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ricochet play flashy New Country with slight hints of Country Rock thrown in for good measure. They even cover songs by various California Country Rock luminaries as Steve Young, J.D. Souther and the Eagles.]]></description>
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<title>The Grascals</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dave Evans</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 09:02:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>J.D. Crowe</title>
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<category>Progressive Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[He began his career playing banjo with a variety of bluegrass bands, including the Sunny Mountain Boys, the Kentucky Mountain Boys and probably a few other bands with "mountain boys" in the name. But J.D. Crowe was no traditionalist -- though his playing could possess all the foot-stomping finger-ferocity of his main influence Earl Scruggs, Crowe was determined to expand the genre. When <I>J.D. Crowe & the New South</I> first came out in the mid-1970s, Bluegrass was permanently changed, for Crowe drew on rock, blues and jazz for a more richly varied style similar to what David Grisman was doing with his "Dawg" music. The New South became a launching pad for many of Bluegrass's most enduring stars -- the original lineup featured Jerry Douglas on dobro, Tony Rice on guitar and vocals, and Bobby Sloan on fiddle. Crowe is mostly a studio cat these days, but occasional concerts continue to prove his rolling mastery of the banjo.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Laurie Lewis</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:39:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Laurie Lewis specializes in breathing new life into country music's old-timey sounds. By playing musical hopscotch with genres such as Western Swing Revival, New Traditional Bluegrass, Tejano, Old-Time Revival, and Cajun/Zydeco, Lewis' Americana is almost impossible to paint into a specific corner. Her elastic voice, however, can easily be pigeonholed into the category of "heavenly."
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Hazel Dickens</title>
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<category>Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:07:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hazel Dickens comes across like the direct descendent of Mother Maybelle Carter with her big tenor and the crushing lonesomeness pouring out of her voice. She sounds like she <i>is</i> Appalachia. The modern glut of female-fronted Bluegrass acts have this pioneering woman to thank. Dickens and collaborator Alice Gerrard recorded the first female-produced Bluegrass records back in the Folk Revival boom of the 1960s. The pair was instrumental in bringing what was once considered "hick" music to colleges and coffeehouses, thereby exposing an entire generation to this timeless and dynamic music. Dickens' solo recordings are equally invaluable, filled with her dry, plaintive singing and ace musical backing. She relies heavily on the old styles and pays reverent homage to her influences from the high lonesome tradition with support from banjos, mandolins and fiddles.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Greensky Bluegrass</title>
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<category>Progressive Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:06:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Cherryholmes</title>
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<category>Progressive Bluegrass</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Bashful Brother Oswald</title>
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<category>Early Country</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As a member of Roy Acuff's Grand Ole Opry band, Bashful Brother Oswald played a dumb-hick hillbilly character for the sake of comic relief, his slapstick antics and clown-like apparel making him an audience favorite -- but his dobro playing was no joke. During the Depression, Oswald found work playing Hawaiian-style dobro music at a Flint, Mich., radio station. When he was picked up by Acuff later in the decade, he brought with him the weeping, island-flavored style of playing that is one of the defining characteristics of country music. While Oswald was not solely responsible for this sound, his role as a key player in the modern country vocabulary is indisputable. Although he worked mainly as a sideman, he did record a couple of solo efforts on which he sang as well as played, showcasing a taste for old-time Bluegrass and singing in a friendly, weathered voice.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Don Reno</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:39:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bluegrass banjo player Don Reno is best known as one-half of the chart topping duo Reno and Smiley.
The two were one of the most popular acts during Bluegrass's commercial heyday in the years after WWII. Reno came to prominence when he replaced Earl Scruggs in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. He wrote the song "Feuding Banjos" in the '50s, which was later recut as "Dueling Banjos" for the film <i>Deliverance</i>.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Brad Davis</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:15:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Nashville Bluegrass Band</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:19:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Sierra Hull</title>
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<category>Country-Folk</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Dailey &amp; Vincent</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 09:35:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>John Starling</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Red Clay Ramblers</title>
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<category>Old-Time/Appalachian</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Red Clay Ramblers are one of the most bona fide folk revival bands of the stringed persuasion. They excel at playing old-timey Appalachian folk, as well as their own interpretation of porch music. Enthusiasts of this genre consider The Red Clay Ramblers to be one of the finest folk revival bands of the 20th century, and many music journalists compare their rustic authenticity and passion for musical history to that of The Band. They reached a wider audience outside the folk community with their musical score for Sam Shepard's play, <i>A Lie of the Mind</i>.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Pine Box Boys</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:35:03 -0700</pubDate>
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