Tony Rice

Irish to vote on bowl while waiting Weis decision

Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

Notre Dame players have scheduled a players meeting for Monday while awaiting word on the fate of coach Charlie Weis.

Waiting word on Weis: All's quiet on Irish front

Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis returned home Sunday from another disappointing loss, his future with the Fighting Irish in limbo.

Waiting word on Weis: All's quiet at Notre Dame

Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis and his team are back home following another disappointing loss to close out the regular season.

Swarbrick: Weis will return with team to S. Bend

Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says Charlie Weis will return with the football team after the Stanford game instead of staying on the West Coast to recruit.

10th Annual Rudy Fest 2010 Artist Lineup Announced

Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

The producers of Rudy Fest have been busy and have announced the 2010 artist lineup. This festival just keeps getting bigger, better and more entertaining as they celebrate their 10th season next year. There are so many wonderful bands to talk about, but Rudy Fest, as usual, is loaded with one of the best lineups in bluegrass music. Rudy Festers will be thrilled to hear that Dailey and Vincent and...

Swarbrick plans to have quick decision on Weis

Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick plans to make a decision on the future of coach Charlie Weis within days of the season's end.

Sugar Hill 50 on iTunes

The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Sugar Hill Records has just released a download-only album in iTunes which consists of the Top 50 tracks from their deep catalog of bluegrass and Americana music. Members of the Sugar Hill staff chose the songs for this collection, which is offered for download at $19.99. The songs include early classics from Boone Creek (One Way [...]

Alison Krause

Boulder is a Stoopid Place (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

ShadowAll about aging and lost love, this magnificent song has never sounded better, or more poignant. Here it is again, as the Twin Cities' own Pete Lee likes to say, "once more once." Tony Rice's version and lyrics.This is a Gordon Lightfoot song.Needless to say, h/t to Scott Johnson over at Powerline.

Bipolar businesses aim to push acquisitions policy

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

The heads of Cable and Wireless's two businesses have signalled that they may carry out more acquisitions, writes Andrew Parker . John Pluthero, chairman of...

Shadows, take 2

Power Line (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Twenty years after Tony Rice called on resophonic guitar virtuoso Jerry Douglas and friends to record Gordon Lightfoot's "Shadows" with him, bluegrass heartthrob Alison Krauss decided to record this magnificent song as well. She assembled her Union Station bandmates -- Dan Tyminski, Ron Block, Barry Bales and Douglas -- to back her on it. Rice must have had something to do with inspiring...

C&W confirms management, financing for demerger

Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

(Telecompaper) Cable & Wireless has provided further information on its plans to separate into two businesses - Worldwide and CWI - including the finance being arranged for both businesses. The separation will be effected by a demerger of Worldwide by end-March 2010, with the demerger creating two companies separately listed on the London Stock Exchange. Richard Lapthorne and Tony Rice will be...

Cable and Wireless to split - Caribbean underperforms but group reports profit

Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

British telecoms systems company Cable and Wireless PLC announced yesterday that it intends to split into two units, CWI and Worldwide, to increase profit potential. The company said details of its demerger plans would be disclosed before the end of the month....

Josh Williams – Down Home

The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Pinecastle has announced February 2010 as the release date for the next John Williams album, Down Home, but Josh says that he will have copies for sale from his web site by Thanksgiving. This will be the third solo CD for this young artist, who at 29 has already logged lengthy stints with Special Consensus and [...]

Bluegrass Friday

Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

I had a strong urge for some bluegrass on the train this morning and revelled in "Bluegrass guitar" by Tony Rice - a magnificent pickathon. Now you can too: Mark O Conner, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, Sam Bush...phew! See TR's solo at 3.29 - superb!

#ent MerleFest lineup includes Steep Canyon Rangers

CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009

The Avett Brothers, Elvis Costello, the Steep Canyon Rangers and Little Feat are among the acts booked at the 2010 MerleFest music festival in Wilkesboro, organizers have announced.

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