Highway 40 Bluegrass, Update 2

The barn has been transformed, the stage is ready, the pickers are getting warmed up, all is ready for your arrival. Music, Friday evening and all day Saturday. See previous Highway 40 Bluegrass posts for details.

I plan to be posting pictures all weekend.

Highway 40 Bluegrass

The following is courtesy of Amy George and The Western Pennsylvania Bluegrass Committee. See previous post for more information.

Jerry and Claudia are already at the festival site so they are not seeing these emails. I am sending this information on their behalf.
The music starts at 7pm on Friday and 1pm on Saturday.
Line up consists of: (not necessarily in this order)Backroads Bluegrass, Stillhouse Pickers, Bits 'n Pieces, New Generation, Full Steam Ahead, The Vagabonds, Done Inn String Band, Tri-State Grass, Mid Life Crisis, Mon River Ramblers, Starlight Bluegrass Band, Flat Iron, Lonesome Heart, The Springtime Barnhill Band, Dunbar Bluegrass, Lenny and Friends, andBLT.

See you this weekend,
Amy

Mon River Ramblers in The Post Gazette

Mon River Ramblers break their Bluegrass out of the 'Burgh
Music Preview
Thursday, May 14, 2009
By Manny Theiner


Mon River Ramblers -- Robin Brubaker, brothers Jim and Jeff Kuzemka, Luke Stamper and Paul Dvorchak -- jam to bluegrass inside and out of doors.

Envision a group of twentysomethings playing music in a city bar, and most likely some punk, grunge or heavy metal comes to mind. The last thing you'd think of is bluegrass. Which means that the seemingly effortless virtuosity of the Mon River Ramblers -- the area's first breakout bluegrass act from the younger generation -- comes as a pleasant surprise the first time you hear them, no matter what age you are. Read more...

Lou Reid and Carolina Sigh With Rural Rhythm

Rural Rhythm Signs Lou Reid & Carolina

Arcadia, CA (May 11, 2009)

Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce they have signed LOU REID AND CAROLINA to the label and will release a new album by the group later this summer. The first single will be released to radio later this month via the Rural Rhythm Fresh Cuts & Key Tracks No. 5. The album, “MY OWN SET OF RULES" was produced by Lou Reid, and also includes band members, Christy Reid, Shannon Slaughter, Trevor Watson, with special guest Ron Stewart on fiddle.

“I believe, as a whole, that this project encompasses more of my personal musical taste than any recording I have put out to date. The songs bring in all the elements of bluegrass that I love; the contemporary, traditional and gospel. We played with each song, working on arrangements and specifically the harmonies. We all shared different ideas - getting each song where it needed to be,” said Lou.Lou continued by saying, “The entire band is very excited about signing with Rural Rhythm Records.

After having a nice conversation with Label President Sam Passamano, I knew we'd have a good Artist and Label relationship. Sam has over 30 years experience in the record label business and along with son Sammy and daughter Jennifer, they are a synchronized team, working to make sure that everyone and everything is taken care of in a timely manner. I'm very impressed with Rural Rhythm Records and look forward to our new release ‘MY OWN SET OF RULES’ due out late summer,” continued Reid.Lou Reid and Carolina are based out of Union Grove, NC and began performing together in 1992. The band received single and album success several years ago with “TIME” garnering them the #1 Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Singles for 3 months in a row and the album reaching as high as #2 on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 15 Albums.Lou splits his time between two respected groups, Lou Reid and Carolina and also The Seldom Scene. His impressive career began as bassist for Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, before performing with the Ricky Skaggs, working with Vince Gill, Vern Gosdin and many other respected artists. For more information on Lou Reid and Carolina, please visit the band’s website.
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RECORD LABEL:Rural Rhythm Records

Highway 40 Bluegrass

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, my computer has been ill, I think every thing is alright now.

Darlene and I are helping to prepare for Richeyville (Highway 40 Bluegrass.) As you can see from the photo the annual transformation of the barn is underway.

Great local talent will be on stage Friday evening and Saturday. U. S. route 40 east of Washington Pa. Donations requested, all proceeds go to charity.

Remember to allow ample travel time along route 40 this is National Pike Weekend, lots of congestion.

Traditional Ties, 05/17/09

This Sunday, 05/17, is a membership night on WYEP. Your prompt response to our requests will allow us to reach our goal quickly, and allow the maximum amount of music can be played.

No playlist will be distributed this week.

Thanks in advance,

John

Infamous Stringdusters at Club Cafe, 05/17

The Infamous Stringdusters will be at The Club Cafe, 56 S. 12th St. (South Side) Pittsburgh Pa.
Sunday May 17 2009, 8:00 pm, doors open 7:00pm. Over 21.

Ticket information can be found here.

Band information and music samples here.

Farewell Drifters Coming to the Thunderbird Cafe

The Farewell Drifters will be appearing at the Thunderbird Cafe, 4023 Butler St. Wedensday May 27, at 8:00 pm. Music samples can be found here.

Band info:
During some of humanity’s darkest moments, music has been a light.Like a cold cup of water on a hot, dry day, ideas and melodies have poured onto the hardest ground and allowed seeds of imagination to flower into hope. Spirituals bolstered the hearts of slaves. Jazz colored in the gray hues of the Great Depression. Bluegrass and old-time mountain music enlivened a community ravaged by economic inequality and the uncertainty of cultural change. Folk music emboldened a disenfranchised generation to stand up to bigotry and pointless war.

With bad news on the radio, turmoil around the world and mounting uncertainty in every corner, hopeful and honest music is needed now more than ever. However, as technology offers instant access to just about every song ever recorded, and auto-tuning tweaks processed pop from teen-aged sit-com stars, it is getting harder and harder to find a genuine new voice with something interesting to say.

That’s why Nashville’s The Farewell Drifters are so striking. Combining elements of bluegrass with the accessibility of classic folk and acoustic Americana music, this stunning young band is turning heads nation-wide. Joshua Britt (mandolin, vocals,) Zach Bevill (lead vocals and guitar,) Trevor Brandt (banjo,) Dean Marold (bass,) and Clayton Britt (lead guitar) are performing over 100 concerts per year, from rock clubs to bluegrass festivals. Their songs offer a contemporary relevance and hopeful perspective that truly sets them apart. Though unafraid to grapple with the darkest aspects of the human experience, their light-hearted, often hysterical on-stage banter leaves audiences refreshed and entertained.

The Farewell Drifters came together while several members were college students in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Brandt and the brothers Britt discovered bluegrass together and learned its ways as a group. They traveled to Nashville in search of the perfect lead vocalist and found Bevill fronting Belmont University’s Bluegrass Ensemble. The team clicked right away, learning bluegrass standards and stamping them with their own unique signature. “As we internalized the technical elements of the genre,” Bevill explains, “our individual voices began to creep in and our original material really came to the fore. After we had learned to play bluegrass we began to let in all of the other influences that we had previously laid aside. Writing our own songs was really the most natural thing for us to do as we sort of grew into the music together.”
Joshua Britt, long a fan of Bob Dylan and other folk icons, was drawn to the accessibility of bluegrass. “I read that when Dylan wanted to play folk music he left Minnesota, went to New York City and tracked down Woodie Guthrie in a psychiatric hospital. When I was into rock and roll music I tried to track down my heroes but the closest I ever got to them was through binoculars at a stadium. When I became obsessed with bluegrass music I looked up Roland White’s address on the Internet and drove to Nashville to meet him. The next day I called up Billy Ray Latham and by that weekend I was playing on stage in front of hundreds of people with him.”

Joshua sees the band’s early commitment to strong melodies and rich harmonies as a direct result of the influence of artists like Crosby, Stills and Nash, Simon and Garfunkel and The Byrds. The friends injected their distinctly warm vocals into the traditional “High Lonesome” sound of bluegrass and a unique style was born. “Our vision is to steer the current flow of traditional stringband music into a more contemplative, song-oriented place,” Britt explains.
The Farewell Drifters have been honing their craft and defining their sound since 2006. With one full length CD release (Sweet Summer Breeze) and a brand new single (River Song b/w Dream Of Me Tonight) under their collective belts the band is responding to increased demand for bookings around the US including coveted slots at Merlefest and Grey Fox. They have charted on XM and Sirius Satellite Radio and were featured on the cover of The Tennessean.
Though much loved by bluegrass aficionados, Bevill and Co. admit that while they are all fans of the genre, they are not purists. “I love the founding fathers,” Bevill explains. “They were just singing about their lives; what they knew and experienced - the good and the bad. We’re really just doing the same thing, except the vernacular is different because we grew up in a different generation with a different set of experiences.” Britt agrees, and embraces his own disparate musical influences. “I think we have a certain appreciation for the folk/rock of the 60's and 70's,” he explains. That comes out in our songs; sonically, but also lyrically. The music of that time had an openness and honesty that is attractive, and really seems to match the sentiments I have about bluegrass.” The band’s eclecticism is evidenced by their inclusion of a unique arrangement of the Beatles’ hit “Ticket to Ride” on their latest single as a bonus track.

The chemistry is working. Though the melodies are often as haunting as traditional bluegrass and its various old-time musical cousins, the lyrics shine a bright light in dark times. “We’re thrilled when people tell us our music has brightened their day or been an encouragement,” Bevill adds. “These are scary times and we’re feeling the pressure like everyone. It’s difficult to make ends meet, especially for an independent band in the midst of a recession. But if our recorded music or our live performances can provide a diversion – or maybe an answer or two – we’ll be proud of a job well done.”

Traditional Ties, 05/10, Playlist

Contact info for new adds:

Doyle Lawson - http://rounder.com/ - http://www.doylelawson.com/

Pathway - http://mountainroadsrecordings.com/ - http://www.pathwaybluegrass.com/

David Davis & WRB - http://www.rebelrecords.com/ - http://www.daviddavisandwrb.com/

Air Date: 05/10/09

Doyle Lawson / Call Me Up and I'll Come Callin' on You / Lonely Street / Rounder2009-05-1022:02
David Davis / I've Been All Around This World / Two Dimes... / Rebel2009-05-1022:05
Pathway / What Must I Do / Somewhere Tonight / Mountain Roads2009-05-1022:09
Alecia Nugent /Hillbilly Goddess / Hillbilly Goddess / Rounder2009-05-1022:13
Wayne Taylor / Dear Mom /Dear Mom / Raincoe2009-05-1022:17
Larry Cordle / The Hero of the Creek / Took Down and Put Up / Lonesome Day2009-05-1022:20
Jeremy Garrett / What's Good for You / I Am a Stranger / Sugar Hill2009-05-1022:23
Tomas Pesco Band / Light in the Storm /10 Years of EWOB / Strictly Country2009-05-1022:26
Doyle Lawson/ When the Last of Our Days Shall Come / Lonely Street / Rounder2009-05-1022:30
Pathway/ Somewhere Tonight / Somewhere Tonight / Mountain Roads2009-05-1022:34
David Davis / Where Were You/ Two Dimes... / Rebel2009-05-1022:37
NewFound Road/Try to Be / Same Old Place / Rounder2009-05-1022:41
Special Consensus / What a Beautiful Day / Signs / Pinecastle2009-05-1022:46
Pathway / Don't You Want to Go/Somewhere Tonight / Mountain Roads2009-05-1022:49
Joe Mullens / Heaven's Green Shore/ Rambler's Call / Self2009-05-1022:52
Pine Mountain Railroad /Me Eyes Shall Be On Canaan's Land /Pickin'... / Rural Rhythm2009-05-1022:55
Doyle Lawson / Lonely Street / Lonely Street / Rounder2009-05-1023:02
Doyle Lawson / Big Wind / Lonely Street / Rounder2009-05-1023:05
Doyle Lawson / The Human Race / Lonely Street / Rounder2009-05-1023:09
Doyle Lawson / Johnny and Sally / Lonely Street / Rounder2009-05-1023:12
David Davis / Two Dimes and a Nickel / Two Dimes... / Rebel2009-05-1023:17
Pathway / They Don't Make Girls Like Ruby Anymore / Somewhere Tonight / Mountain Roads2009-05-1023:22
Rhonda Vincent / Last Time Loving You / Destination Life / Rounder2009-05-1023:25
Blueland / Simple Life / 10 Years of EWOB / Strictly Country2009-05-1023:28
Pathway / One Tear / Somewhere Tonight / Mountain Roads2009-05-1023:32
David Davis / The Tennessee Line / Two Dimes... / Rebel2009-05-1023:34
Johnny Williams / Helping Hand / Last Day... / Mountain Roads2009-05-1023:38
Bobby Osborne / Hyden / Bluegrass and Beyond / Rounder2009-05-1023:41
Dailey and Vincent / Years Ago / Brothers... / Rounder2009-05-1023:46
Dailey and Vincent / There Is You / Brothers... / Rounder2009-05-1023:49
Crowe Brothers / Cindy Mae / Brothers 'n' Harmony / Rural Rhythm2009-05-1023:52
Frank Wakefield/Double Stoppin' Blues / Ownself Blues / Patuxent2009-05-1023:55

JOHN TROUT, WYEP FM, PITTSBURGH, PA. tties91@hotmail.com

'TRADITIONAL TIES'- NEW RELEASE BLUEGRASS WITH FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS. 91.3 WYEP, http://www.wyep.org/ 10:00 PM Eastern Time (U.S.) Sundays. Streaming Audio 1608 JEFFERSON ST, LATROBE PA, 15650 -2940

Link to Traditional Ties web pages: http://wyep.org/traditionalties

New Dale Ann Bradley Release Due May 19

Dale Ann Bradley, two-time and current International Bluegrass Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, to release new album, Don't Turn Your Back, on May 19th

Special guests include Dailey and Vincent,
Claire Lynch, and Steve Gulley

Nashville CD Release Party at The Station Inn
Sat, May 16 @ 9pm / $10
**Featuring new band member
Terry Baucom on banjo**

Click here to listen to the title track

Click here to sample more cuts from
Don't Turn Your Back


"I think Dale Ann Bradley is an awesome singer.
It's heart and soul with her." - Ricky Skaggs

"Ms. Bradley is a soulful, stunning, full-voiced vocalist..." - Barry Mazor, The Wall Street Journal

It's 9 a.m. on a rainy January day in Nashville, five days into 2009. Dale Ann Bradley is coming up the studio steps without a raincoat, carrying a guitar and a folder full of lyrics. She's been on the road for 14 straight days, it's 25 degrees and pouring, but never mind all that. She's been shaping the concept of her new project, the follow-up to her Compass Records debut Catch Tomorrow, for months, and she can't wait to kick off the first song. She's let her heart guide her way through stacks of songs, looking for those that capture something beyond great music, something that gives voice to what she's been living and breathing in her own life for the last year. So take a seat around the coffee table at the Compass Sound Studio--where Dale Ann Bradley sits with an old D-28 and producer and banjoist Alison Brown puts her gentle mark of genius on arrangements--and let Dale Ann tell you about Don't Turn Your Back in her own words: "It needs to be more than a record," she's says. "This is my dream album. I want it to inspire people to hang in with whatever they're facing--to find the hope and inspiration to keep going. I want to share the music that's touched me and I want to put everything into it that has been given to me over the past year."This is Dale Ann Bradley. She's the 2007 & 2008 IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and has been hailed by Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs as one of the greatest vocalists in country and bluegrass music. A former Coon Creek Girl and mainstay at Kentucky's Renfro Valley Barn Dance, Bradley commands a list of awards as long as Highway 40, yet a few minutes with her tells you she is something even more than extraordinarily gifted--she's extraordinarily human. A Primitive Baptist preacher's daughter out of the hills of Kentucky where no musical instruments were allowed, Bradley grew up in a self-described "backwoods holler" down a rural road where electricity and running water weren't available until she was in high school--something she has more in common with the first generation of bluegrass than her contemporaries in today's scene. Dale Ann Bradley is nothing if not a great storyteller, but her ability to step into someone else's shoes and make their story her own for a few minutes, that is what allows every note sung and played on Don't Turn Your Back to be believable. In the company of some of best bluegrass pickers and singers including Stuart Duncan (fiddle/banjo), Deanie Richardson (fiddle), Alison Brown (banjo), Gena Britt (banjo), Steve Gulley (vocals), and Mike Bub (bass), Bradley explores Don't Turn Your Back's undeniable themes of bravery and hope through the eyes of mothers, lovers, trains, and one shiny, soon-to-be-lucky penny. Staying true to her daughter-of-a-preacher roots, Don't Turn Your Back includes three bluegrass gospel numbers: the humorous "Rusty Old Halo", The Carter Family's "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room", and the traditional "Heaven", which features reigning IBMA Entertainers of the Year Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent. Sharing her love of classic rock and its influence on her music and voice, Bradley includes bluegrass versions of Fleetwood Mac's "Over My Head"and Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", yet stays close to tradition with the Kentucky mountain ballad "Blue Eyed Boy". Courage is the silver thread running through all twelve tracks of Don't Turn Your Back, and it is in these songs that Bradley lays out all she's got: "Anybody Else's Heart But Mine" teaches us how to push through a broken heart, "Will I Be Good Enough" (Branscomb, Claire Lynch on guest vocals) whispers hope to uncertain parents, and "Music City Queen" (Bradley/Branscomb) documents the dauntlessness of those who come to Nashville seeking stardom. The title track calls for giving life's highway one more chance.Dale Ann Bradley's mountain soprano has been called "shimmering" (The Washington Post),"angelic" (Billboard), and "exceptional" (Bluegrass Unlimited). An acclaimed musician and currently living in Nashville, TN, Bradley fills every stage and studio with humor, grace, and integrity. Don't Turn Your Back will be available on Compass Records May 19, 2009.

Doyle Lawson Releases, Lonely Street

(Editor's Note: Lonely Street will be featured on WYEP's Traditional Ties 0n Mat 10.)

Bluegrass Legend Doyle Lawson Releases Lonely Street on May 5th, 2009


Rounder Records Release Marks 30 Years of Recording with His Band Quicksilver



Nashville, Tenn. - The adventure is still unfolding and nowhere near complete, but if the story of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver were a novel, it would be hailed as a masterpiece. The iconic Lawson has been a stalwart and legendary contributor to the bluegrass genre for over 45 years. His latest Rounder release, Lonely Street, celebrates 30 years of recording with Quicksilver and marks his 34th release with the band.


The album, due on May 5, was produced by Lawson and features the trademark vocal harmonies and stellar musicianship that powered the band to an unprecedented seven-straight International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Best Vocal Group Awards.Lawson is the one constant in a band that has featured 39 different musicians over the years. The band has been a training academy for bluegrass players - initiating, training and then sending out into the world, some of the genre's most respected musicians. The musicians featured on Lonely Street are comprised of Lawson (mandolin, vocals), Darren Beachley (guitar, vocals), Carl White (bass, vocals), Joey Cox (banjo), Josh Swift (resophonic guitar, Weisenborn guitar and percussion), and Brandon Godman and David Johnson (fiddle).


The new record opens with "Monroe's Mandolin," an ode to the mandolin master Bill Monroe. Other songs come from the pen of some of country music's most celebrated songwriters including Porter Wagoner ("Big Wind") and Marty Robbins ("Call Me Up & I'll Come Callin' On You"). Lawson teamed up with bandmate Swift to record the instrumental "Down Around Bear Cove," one of the album's highlights.The new collection of music finds the venerable master delivering another razor-sharp display of bluegrass virtuosity. Seemingly always at the top of his game, Lawson continues to receive awards and accolades - from a string of Grammy nominations to multiple IBMA award wins. He was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the Endowment's highest honor granted to traditional and folk artists for career accomplishments.Lonely Street is not only the celebration of bluegrass mastery between Lawson & Quicksilver, it's another cornerstone in the foundation of an enduring legacy. Legends are made, not born and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver have spent 30 years carving out their own eminent place in the bluegrass pantheon.
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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Select Awards:National Heritage Fellowship - National Endowment for the Arts 2006


Honorary PhD of Fine Arts, King College, 2007


IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year for "He Lives in Me" 2007


IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2007


IBMA Song of the Year for "He Lives In Me" 2006


IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2006


IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2005IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2004


IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2003IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2002


IBMA Vocal Group of the Year 2001


IBMA Song Of the Year 2003, "Blue Train Of The Heartbreak Line"


IBMA Song of the Year 1990, "Little Mountain Church House"IBMA


Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year 2003, "The Hand Made Cross"


IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year 2000, "Winding Through Life"


IBMA Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year 1996, "There's A Light Guiding Me"



Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver - Career Fun Facts:


6 Buses and 1 Motor Home


17 Bus Drivers including Doyle


6 Record Companies


35 Recordings


494 Songs


39 Musicians


30 years of traveling the roads



The trip down those long and winding roads continues. A partial list of upcoming live dates is listed below:5/7-5/9 - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver's BGF, Denton, NC5/16 - Bloomin' Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival, Sevierville, TN5/17 - Koka Booth Ampitheatre, Cary, NC5/30 - Little Nashville Opry, Nashville, IN6/12 - McGukin Civic Center, Cullman, AL6/13 - Festival of the Bluegrass, Lexington, KY6/20 - NC State Bluegrass Festival, Cherokee, NC6/25 - Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN6/26 - Music in the Mountains Bluegrass Festival, Summersville, WV6/27 - International Bluegrass Museum: ROMP 2009, Owensboro, KY7/3 - Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival, Conway, MO7/4 - Shadow Valley Gospel Music Festival, Fayetteville, TN7/10-7/11 - Shipshewana Town Center, Shipshewana, IN7/16 - Mineral Bluegrass Festival, Mineral, VA



Early Praise for Lonely Street:
"Name whomever you wish as the shining stars of the form but Doyle Lawson had better be in there somewhere or yer sadly lacking." - Mark Tucker, Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange"


Another strong album from a master of bluegrass." - Keith Lawrence, Bluegrass Notes"


Lawson and crew hit it out of the box with a tight set that kicks it into high gear right out of the box and never lets up. Loaded with great playing and good vibes, if you are new to bluegrass, this is a good way to get your ears blown open properly. If you aren't new to bluegrass, what are you waiting for? Hot stuff." - Chris Spector, Midwest Record


Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Website


Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver MySpace

Traditional Ties, 05/10, Highlights

Traditional Ties,air date, 05/10/09
Contact info for new adds;

Doyle Lawson - http://rounder.com/ - http://www.doylelawson.com/

Pathway - http://mountainroadsrecordings.com/ - http://www.pathwaybluegrass.com/

David Davis & WRB - http://www.rebelrecords.com/ - http://www.daviddavisandwrb.com/

Dayle Lawson & Quicksilver's new release, Lonely Street will be the show feature. Also, new bluegrass from David Davis & the Warrior River Boys, and Pathway will be introduced.

The complete playlist will be posted later this week.

JOHN TROUT, WYEP FM, PITTSBURGH, PA. tties91@hotmail.com

'TRADITIONAL TIES'- NEW RELEASE BLUEGRASS WITH FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS. 91.3 WYEP, http://www.wyep.org 10:00 PM Eastern Time (U.S.) Sundays. Streaming Audio 1608 JEFFERSON ST, LATROBE PA, 15650 -2940

Link to Traditional Ties web pages: http://wyep.org/traditionalties

Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury

The wait is over. The ultimate collection of Del McCoury's music is now available. As many of you know we've spent the past year celebrating 50 years of Del McCoury's music. To cap it off, McCoury Music is releasing a 50 song box set of the hottest Del McCoury tunes from the last 50 years. Order yours today for delivery on May 12th along with some special bonuses only available on this site.

We tried to put together a package for everyone. First, all box sets will be autographed, and also will come with a "Best of Del McCoury Gospel CD" that you can't get anywhere else. You can also upgrade your package to include a "Live" DMB show recording and an autographed print of the artwork. And since you've waited for this for so long, we've got one final treat for you. When you place your order, you'll receive a secret link and password to a page where you can hear all 50 songs and view all of the artwork online immediately.

We also have one more option that will make a great gift for friends. In addition to the box set we've compiled a "By Request" cd which includes the 14 songs that the McCourys felt were the songs that they hear the fans request during their shows each night.
Click here for all the details, and thanks for supporting McCoury Music.

-Your Friends at McCoury Music

Celebrating 50 Years of Del McCoury

Review of Lonely Street From Doyle Lawson

(FYI - Lonely Street will be featured on WYEP's Traditional Ties on 5/10.)

Friday, May 1, 2009
By Keith Lawrence
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
(MCT)

DOYLE LAWSON&QUICKSILVER, "Lonely Street," Rounder. 12 tracks.
Doyle Lawson turned 65 last month. He's been playing bluegrass for 46 years now — joining Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys in 1963. And he's been leading his own band — Quicksilver — for 30 years.
So, you'd think Lawson would be on autopilot by now — just playing the old stuff. But you'd be wrong. Read more.

Spring Creek, to Release New CD

(FYI - The new Spring Creek CD will be fratured on WYEP's Traditional Ties, on 5/24)

Publish Date: 5/1/2009

Way up on a Mountain
What: Spring Creek’s new album
Release: May 5
Label: Rebel Records
Listen: www.myspace.com/springcreek

Information: http://www.springcreekbluegrassband.com/

Spring Creek flows to new success

By Quentin Young © 2009 Longmont Times-Call

Spring Creek’s 2007 wins of the Telluride Bluegrass and RockyGrass festivals will remain a wellspring of pride for the band. But success for Spring Creek since then has swelled.
Most notably, the band late last year signed to the 50-year-old Virginia-based Rebel Records, thereby joining Ralph Stanley and other bluegrass luminaries on the Rebel roster. The label had never before signed a band from west of the Mississippi River.
The fruit of this partnership is “Way Up on a Mountain,” the band’s first album on Rebel. It’s scheduled for release May 5, and the band will celebrate with a show on the evening of May 9 at the Boulder Theater. Read more.