The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has put together a series of multimedia portraits of acts performing on the 2008 Rochester Jazz Festival. The act chosen as the highlight from Sunday’s (6/15) performance was the Alison Brown Quartet. As many of our readers know, Alison is a former banjoist with Alison Krauss & Union Station who now [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Core Capital, through its Electronics and Semiconductor Group (ESG), has signed an
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
in post Covered in Folk: Jimi Hendrix (Rickie Lee Jones, Fiona Apple, The Corrs, Emmylou Harris, 6 more!) from Cover Lay Down .
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
Hands Across the Water There are so many connections between the musics of Ireland, America, Scotland, Cape Breton, and other Celtic lands. One of those connections is found in compassion, at the heart of things. That's the substance of the sixteen tracks on this disc — the clear eyed sort of compassion that gives a [...]
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
in post Covered in Folk: Simon and Garfunkel (Indigo Girls, Jonatha Brooke, Shawn Colvin, and more!) from Cover Lay Down .
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 12/29/2007
Rainy grey afternoons are so rare around here, they must be savored appropriately: Rilo Kiley, "Silver Lining": Bonnie Raitt, "Angel from Montgomery" Alison Brown, "Angel" Liz Phair, "Divorce Song":
A Whiff of Smiff (Free subscription) | 12/27/2007
The Kennedy Center Honors thing tonight was absolutely fabulous. Earl Scruggs dashing new look, plus, he and Randy doing a little bit of a soft shoe in honor of Steve Martin was just the shizz. Loved it. The tribute to Brian Wilson….like buttah. The boys choir at the end singing “Love and Mercy” with [...]
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
Here’s a late Christmas present from Sirius Bluegrass… Later this morning, they will present a live, in-studio performance of the music from Tony Trischka’s award-winning recording, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular. The CD features Tony in duet with some of the most prominent pickers ever to set three picks to five strings: Earl Scruggs, Béla Fleck, Bill [...]
Bolton Evening News (Free subscription) | 12/25/2007
Christmas Day for most people means presents, a huge turkey dinner and an afternoon playing family games.
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
Alison Brown 's label Compass Records announces proudly that the Russ Barenberg tune 'Little Monk' has been nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance category in the 2008 Grammy Awards. It is a track on his Compass album When at last , and also features Jerry Douglas (dobro), Viktor Krauss (bass) and Stuart Duncan (fiddle). 'Little Monk' (a good tune) is named after Pepper, Barenberg's border...
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 11/20/2007
in post Compare & Contrast ~ Everybody's Talkin’ from The Late Greats .
The Late Greats (Free subscription) | 11/20/2007
“Going where the weather suits my clothes…” Harry Nilsson ~ Everybody's Talkin’ Madeleine Peyroux ~ Everybody's Talkin’ Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo ~ Everybody's Talkin’ Luna ~ Everybody's Talkin’ Alison Brown ~ Everybody's Talkin’ Sandro Perri ~ Everybody's Talkin’ Which version do you prefer? or did I leave about your favorite? Leave a hullabaloo. More: Compare & Contrast-s Some of these bands may have...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/12/2007
On an average day it would take Alison Brown - a stocking exchange post trading clerk or "chalky" - about 10 minutes to get the opening prices up for the top 50 stocks. On the day of the share market crash she took more than 20...
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2007
Jen says, “Cia Cherryholmes is just gorgeous in her spaghetti strap full length black gown.” Katy says “Alison Brown's silver shrug and green dress set her apart in the sea of banjos.” Jen sez, “Can't the country out of the girl… Missy Raines is in a beautiful halter sea blue and green dress - without shoes!” and [...]
CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News (Free subscription) | 09/08/2007
MAGGIE VALLEY - The Haywood County Arts Council will present the Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven in concert at 8 tonight at Eaglenest Entertainment.
