Posts by Shawn Szirbik
FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY KITCHEN
With chops so hot, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen were named IBMA’s 2016 Instrumental Group of the Year for the second time, with a third nomination in 2017. Their critically acclaimed album Cold Spell earned a 2015 GRAMMY nomination for Best Bluegrass Album of the Year, yet the accolades don’t end there. Solivan, with banjoist Mike Munford, 2013 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year, award-winning guitarist Chris Luquette and bassist Jeremy Middleton, simmer a progressive bluegrass stew of infinite instrumental, vocal and songwriting skills soon to be featured once again on their new album If You Can’t Stand the Heat,
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PHIL LEADBETTER & The Allstars of Bluegrass
Phil Leadbetter and The Allstars Of Bluegrass is a special ‘allstar” band made up of some of the biggest names in bluegrass and acoustic music. Lineup always changes, and is based on availability of musicians and singers. Band can vary from 5 or more members depending on the budget. Everything from a straight lineup to a lineup which rotates featured vocalists in a “Opry Style” format. Some of the members who have joined the band in the past for shows are: Steve Gulley. Dale Ann Bradley, Claire Lynch, Shawn Camp, Ken Mellons, Paul Brewster, Amanda Smith, Kenny Smith, Sierra
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DAVID DAVIS & The Warrior River Boys
David Davis and the Warrior River Boys have long been recognized as modern leaders in traditional BlueGrass, but on their latest release “Didn’t He Ramble” : Songs of Charlie Poole, they throw genre boundaries aside by delving deeper into the roots of acoustic music. They have produced a masterful and exciting collection of songs originally recorded in the 1920’s by the legendary Charlie Poole and His North Carolina Ramblers, a generation before Bill Monroe is credited with founding Blue Grass music. “Our intentions was to evolve the songs, yet leave the strength and essence of the original feel as our
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