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CD Review: Country Side of Bluegrass – Janie Fricke

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CD Review: Country Side of Bluegrass – Janie Fricke
Country Side of Bluegrass – Janie Fricke (New Music Deals, 2012) (by Joe Ross) Janie Fricke has had success with various country styles, whether slower numbers, snappy hard-driving songs, or duet hits with the likes of Johnny Duncan, Charlie Rich, Merle Haggard and Moe Bandy. Like so many other country artists who have released bluegrass Read More

In Stores Now: Collected – Randy Thompson

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on In Stores Now: Collected – Randy Thompson
Randy Thompson has dusted off some older songs and added three new tracks to create the compilation album, Collected. The new disc is in stores now. Read More

CMA Presents Triple Play Awards at Annual Songwriters Luncheon

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CMA Presents Triple Play Awards at Annual Songwriters Luncheon
If you are a songwriter and an artist decides to cut one of your compositions, you know you’ve already beaten the odds. To then have then have the song chart is a bit like the lottery, and the chances of it hitting #1, well they’re astronomically small. Songwriters who achieve this once already deserve much Read More

CD Review: Todd Woolsey – Todd Woolsey

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CD Review: Todd Woolsey – Todd Woolsey
Todd Woolsey – Todd Woolsey   For many instrumental albums, it is their lot in life to end up as background music somewhere. Canadian-born, Nashville-based guitarist Todd Woolsey had other plans for his disc. He set out to create an instrumental album that was not just for guitar players to enjoy; one that would grab Read More

Concert Review: Chris Nathan, Rick Huckaby, Clay Evans – Blue Bar, Nashville – January 13, 2012

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review: Chris Nathan, Rick Huckaby, Clay Evans – Blue Bar, Nashville – January 13, 2012
By all indications, 2012 is going to bring some really great new music to us all. On Friday night, January 13, 2012, at Blue Bar in Nashville, three extremely talented singer-songwriters, all at various stages of completing new projects, lined up to entertain a very friendly and very captive audience. Chris Nathan, who hosted the Read More

Concert Review: Marion Grace – Bourbon Street Blues Bar, Nashville, TN – Jan 10, 2012

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Concert Review: Marion Grace – Bourbon Street Blues Bar, Nashville, TN – Jan 10, 2012
If you have heard it said that in Nashville you can hear incredible talents “any night of the week”, take this to be true. Having the luxury problem of an overabundance of fantastic voices and incredible players, choosing a destination for a night out is often a long process of elimination. On Tuesday nights, I Read More

CD Review: Right Track – Lauren Zoeller & BluZe Lightning

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on CD Review: Right Track – Lauren Zoeller & BluZe Lightning
Right Track – Lauren Zoeller & BluZe Lightning (T2 Music, 2012)   Nashville truly is Music City, housing incredible talents skilled in every genre of music imaginable. A brand new addition to the town’s thriving blues scene is Lauren Zoeller & BluZe Lightning. They introduce themselves to the world with debut release Right Track. Fronted Read More

Alison Krauss & Union Station, with Jerry Douglas, Joins MerleFest 25

12 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Alison Krauss & Union Station, with Jerry Douglas, Joins MerleFest 25
If you like Bluegrass even just a little, this is a dream announcement. Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas have joined the line-up for MerleFest 25. They will appear as the headliner, closing the festival on Sunday, April 29, 2012. All you need to know is in the press release below: MerleFest 25, Read More