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GULF SHORES, Ala., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival announces the lineup for its inaugural year including performances from Trey Anastasio and TAB, Zac Brown Band, John Legend, Ray LaMontagne, Ben Harper and Relentless7, The Flaming Lips, and Alison Krauss and Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas. The three-day festival is scheduled for May 14 - 16 and will feature musical entertainment directly on the sandy white beaches of Gulf Shores, Ala. The Hangout is...
BLACK Country rock legend Robert Plant took top honors with Alison Krauss at the Americana Music Association's seventh annual Honors and Awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Both were present to accept their trophies, and former Led Zeppelin frontman Plant joined the awards show's bandleader, Buddy Miller, onstage to sing a new song which will be featured on Miller's upcoming album. Plant, who lives in Worcestershire and Woodstock, collaborated with bluegrass star Krauss on last year's...
By Keith Lawrence Jerry Douglas, "Glide," Koch Records, 11 tracks After 35 years in bluegrass, Jerry Douglas is a legend at 52. He ranks among the best Dobro players in the history of the genre. But Douglas doesn't like to be confined within the boundaries of any genre. And his 12 solo albums are filled with a wide range of material that spans several genres. "Glide," Douglas latest, includes elements of bluegrass, country, rock, folk, Celtic, Scottish and New Orleans funeral music. Most of...
On Tuesday, August 19, 2008, KOCH Records will release GRAMMY(R) Award-winning Dobro master Jerry Douglas' new solo album, "Glide." Douglas will celebrate the launch of his latest recording as he headlines the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum's "2008 Artist-In-Residence" series in Nashville, TN commencing on August 19. The residency will include special guest appearances by several of his close musical compatriots, and will continue on August 27, September 16, and September 30....
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Alison Krauss and her band Union Station picked up 14 nominations on Tuesday from the International Bluegrass Music Association, which holds its 16th annual awards show October 27 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Krauss and band were nominated in the entertainer of the year competition as well as being cited in the instrumental group, vocal group, song of the year, album and gospel recorded performance categories. Krauss was nominated for the female...
By Deborah Evans Price NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died August 16 of cancer at his daughter's home outside of Nashville. He was 77. Known to some as the "Miles Davis of bluegrass," Clements began performing with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys when he was just 14, becoming a regular member of the legendary group in 1949. In 1956, he left the group and began a four-year stint with Jim & Jesse McReynolds, after which he performed with banjo star Earl...
