Saturday, September 27, 2014

CD Review - Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper - ON DOWN THE LINE

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Michael Cleveland is a nine time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Assn. (IBMA) Fiddle Player of the Year Award, and he’s up for i...
Friday, September 26, 2014

CD Review - The Roys - THE VIEW

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Lee and Elaine Roy are a brother-sister duo that largely features their considerable vocal and songwriting talents. Both have beautiful voic...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass Reviews: Larry Sparks LONESOME and THEN SOME - A CLASSIC 50th CELEBRATION

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An old friend of mine had recommended that I get Larry Sparks’ “40” CD seven or eight years ago…… she had worked on the recording and engine...
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

CD REVIEW: DETOUR - GOING NOWHERE FAST

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Just so the gentle reader knows, I am being real careful here. My intent is to insure that I not overstate my delight with Michigan based bl...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass CD Review - GRITS & SOUL Flood Waters!

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I find myself drawn to new music that expands the borders of traditional music, that edginess is what I search for. That first generation of...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

PRESCRIPTION BLUEGRASS REVIEWS: Red June - Ancient Dreams

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I wasn't ready for Red June . I looked over the CD cover and grazed over the liner notes. I saw the word “Organic.” I saw a non Martin g...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

PRESCRIPTION BLUEGRASS REVIEWS: GENTLEMEN OF BLUEGRASS - Carolina Memories!

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As I started to listen to this CD, “Carolina Memories,” by The Gentlemen Of Bluegrass, I couldn’t help but think of my Mother. The word “ge...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass CD Review: MohaviSoul - Blue Diesel

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I have often daydreamed about how great it would be to live in a town or part of the country where you couldn't swing a dead cat withou...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass Reviews - Johnny Campbell & The Bluegrass Drifters

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“ ... This CD is proof that traditions are still being passed from generation to generation. Thanks to guys like Johnny Campbell, this musi...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass Reviews MA CROW & THE LADY SLIPPERS - Memory Of A Mountain

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25 years ago the idea of women playing bluegrass, serious bluegrass, was still a novelty. There was a smattering of female artists and ba...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass Reviews - BLUEGRASS EXPRESS - In Our Own Words

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If you want to record a bluegrass CD and make sure it is special, unique and individualized, keep it in the family! That rule of thumb seem...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Prescription Bluegrass Reviews - Johnny Campbell & The Bluegrass Drifters !

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Before the days of home computers, digital terminology and ProTools, and before genre-bending Bluegrass influences like Doyle Lawson, Tony ...