The evening showcases in which artists play for about 20 minutes each to give folks a chance to hear as many groups as possible were nothing short of astounding in the quality of music and diversity of approach to bluegrass. I picked up a great deal of new music that we will be presenting in the coming weeks on Bluegrass Cafe.
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| The Gibson Brothers at IBMA Awards 9/29/2011 |
New music on this show included tracks from a great new CD blending old-time and bluegrass music titled "Close Kin" from the Mountain Roads label. Many of the artists on this project, such as Jeanette Williams, Johnny Williams, Mickey Galyean, and Adam and Tina Steffey, came from the Mount Airy/Galax area of North Carolina and Virgina where both old-time and bluegrass music has strong roots.
More new music included songs from NewTown (who will be making an appearance at Podunk 2012), Travers Chandler & Avery County (with Terry McGill on banjo), Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, The Missy Werner Band, The Snyder Family Band, Ralph Stanley II, Kenny Smith, Carolina Road, the Moody Bluegrass Two project, and a California group, The Blackberry Bushes.
I should mention a couple of special projects featured on this show. Mark Twain - Words and Music is an excellent tribute to Mark Twain featuring readings of his writing and songs about the man from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Sheryl Crow, Rhonda Vincent, and many others. The project was released by the Mark Twain Foundation and is available here, or at the Mark Twain House in Hartford.
Also, New England musicians bonded together by association with Tom Monahan and calling themselves The Manic Mountain Boys are issuing a tribute album of Tom Monahan songs titled The Manics Pick on Monahan. We played four tracks from that upcoming project by Jim Disabito, Jon Swift, Mary Maguire, and Bob & Wini Young.
I covered less than half of what I wanted to do on this show, so be sure to tune in next Sunday when Amy will give you another look into IBMA's World of Bluegrass.
Jim Beaver
requests in blue
Title / Artist / Album / Label
- Fire On The Mountain / Michael Cleveland / Sawing On The "C" String / Self-released
- Chilly Winds / Johnny Williams et al / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
- New Shoes / Dale Ann Bradley / Somewhere South Of Crazy / Compass
- Love The Way I Do / NewTown / Self-titled / Self-released
- The Stanley Brothers / Travers Chandler & Avery County / Advance Single / Mountain Fever
- In Despair / Audie Blaylock and Redline / I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky / Rural Rhythm
- The Hills Of Tennessee / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
- "Hello yourself, and see how you like it..." / Jimmy Buffett,Garrison Keillor,Clint Eastwood / Mark Twain - Words and Music / Mark Twain Foundation
- When Halley Came To Jackson / Emmylou Harris / Mark Twain - Words and Music / Mark Twain Foundation
- Carolina Dreams / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
- Jesse James / Bill Emerson / Eclipse / Rural Rhythm
- Three Kinds of Lonesome / The Missy Werner Band Three / Kinds of Lonesome / Self-released
- Stages / Snyder Family Band / Stages / Mountain Roads
- Sugar Hill / Eddie Bond et al / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
- I Think I Hear A Train / Ralph Stanley II / Born To Be A Drifter / Stanley Generation
- Frozen In Time / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
- Early / Joe Walsh w. The Gibson Brothers / Sweet Loam / Skinny Elephant
- The Minute That I Met You / Jim Disabito / The Manics Pick On Monahan / Self-released
- Fifteen Hills / Bob & Wini Young / The Manics Pick On Monahan / Self-released
- Tricky Trail of Love / Jon Swift / The Manics Pick On Monahan / Self-released
- Without Any Heart / Mary Maguire / The Manics Pick On Monahan / Self-released
- Arkansas Traveler / Kenny Smith / Return / GAT Three
- Sweet Sally Brown / Acoustic Blue / Timeless / Self-released
- Goodbye Little Bonnie / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
- We're In This Love Together / Darin & Brooke Aldridge / So Much In Between / Mountain Home
- I'll Get Along Somehow / Allerton & Alton / Black, White and Bluegrass / Bear Family
- Twelfth Street Rag / Allerton & Alton / Black, White and Bluegrass / Bear Family
- East Virginia Blues / J.D. Crowe & the New South / Holiday In Japan / New South Music
- High On The Mountain / Del McCoury / By Request / McCoury Music
- You And Me / Ricky Skaggs, David Harvey, et al / Moody Bluegrass Two...Much Love / Bunny Rae
- "The report of my death was an exaggeration..." / Garrison Keillor, Clint Eastwood / Mark Twain - Words and Music / Mark Twain Foundation
- Comet Ride / Ricky Skaggs / Mark Twain - Words and Music / Mark Twain Foundation
- Mash Your Finger / Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa / It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! / Raincoe
- Virginia / The Blackberry Bushes / Little Bit Of Grace / Self-released
- Sarah Joy (bed) / Snyder Family Band / Stages / Mountain Roads
- Angelina Baker / Snyder Family Band / Stages Mountain Roads
- A Light In The Window Again / Carolina Road / Back To My Roots / Mountain Fever
- Brown Mountain Light / Tommy Faile / The Songs of Scott Wiseman / Mar-Lu Records
- It's Never Too Late / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
- Come All You Coal Miners / Jeanette Williams et al / Close Kin / Mountain Roads
- Nine Pound Hammer / George Shuffler / Aged To Perfection / Copper Creek
- Lonesome Road Blues / George Shuffler and Laura Boosinger / Mountain Treasures / Copper Creek
- What A Man (My Jesus Was) / Mickey Harris / A Gospel Collection / MJH
- Journey To My Savior's Side / The Missy Werner Band / Three Kinds of Lonesome / Self-released
- Prayer Bells Of Heaven / Crowe-Lawson-Williams / Old Friends Get Together / Mountain Home
- Singing As We Rise / The Gibson Brothers / Help My Brother / Compass
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Lee Marcus / Grandpa's Pond / Self-released
- Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / The Johnson Mountain Boys / Live at the Birchmere / Rounder
- The Devil Just Can't Knock Me Off My Knees / Rodney Dillard / Don't Wait For the Hearse To Take You To Church / Rural Rhythm
- Kneel At The Cross / Taylors Grove / Keep On The Sunny Side / Fishtraks
- Shine Hallelujah Shine / Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys / The Essential / Columbia
- I Saw The Light / David Peterson / Live at WHUS, May 8, 2010 / WHUS Production
- Walking in a Dream / Fred Etheridge w. Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Pickin' and Singin' / Self-released
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