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MUSIC BEAT: Jesse McReynolds keeps the music fire burning You can't acknowledge McReynolds' name without referring to his mandolin style. The method is known as “cross-picking.” His uniqueness has made him a pleasing reckoning for special projects, ranging from playing on The Doors' 1969 album “The Soft Parade” to and more » |
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MUSIC BEAT: Jesse McReynolds keeps the music fire burning You can't touch on McReynolds' name without referring to his mandolin style. The method is known as “cross-picking.” His uniqueness has made him a pleasing extension for special projects, ranging from playing on The Doors' 1969 album “The Soft Parade” to and more » |
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Folking for a friend in need After 44 years of playing music, Audley has a big enough repertoire to teach electric and acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic mandolin, all members of the mandolin instrument family, the bouzouki and the ukulele. To change for the concert, |
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Brenau kicks off annual barbecue cooking championship Fri. No two shows are ever absolutely alike, says Cindy Musselwhite, who has been involved in bluegrass for four decades, plays guitar and mandolin and functions as the gang's “mom.” More specifically, she is the mom of fiddle-playing Morgan, and more » |
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combo Trillium sounded intriguing with instrumentation including violin, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass and hammered dulcimer supplementary vocals, a song list ranging from Celtic to Dixieland styles and musicians with impressive professional pedigrees.
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10 Questions for Will Patton
On the brink of releasing his fifth CD, the master has established himself as one of a handful of jazz mandolin global titans. We took some time to pick the thought of this most innovative of musicians, one who started his professional career on the bass
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Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart Fight For 'American Idol' Finale Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart Wage war with For 'American Idol' FinaleAnd that's exactly what she did, rising from a whispery flutter to a substantial crescendo, pausing dramatically mid-song to let the mandolin take a run. "You have the most beautiful tone of our finalists," said Lopez, job Lauren's voice a "magical and more » |
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Red June in May Her confessor was a master jazz pianist, and her grandfather was a professional klezmer musician. Scott Freeman is a Mountain Home Music main. His first appearance was 17 years ago as the fiddler and mandolin player for Skeeter and the Skidmarks. |
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Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Kick-Off Summer Season at The Spencer Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Roll Kick-Off Summer Season at The SpencerBorn July 18, 1954 in Cordell, Kentucky, Skaggs showed signs of later stardom at an early age, playing mandolin on stage with bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe at 5 and appearing on TV with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs at 7. He emerged as a professional and more » |
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Erik Petersen (Mischief Brew) The mandolin, guitar an vocals. It was for myself, in the end. I played it for Denise [who is now my wife and co-operates Fistolo records], and everyone said, "Make it your demo." It was perfectly accidental and totally raw. It wasn't done in any kind of |
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combo Trillium sounded intriguing with instrumentation including violin, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass and hammered dulcimer supplementary vocals, a song list ranging from Celtic to Dixieland styles and musicians with impressive professional pedigrees.
On the brink of releasing his fifth CD, the master has established himself as one of a handful of jazz mandolin global titans. We took some time to pick the thought of this most innovative of musicians, one who started his professional career on the bass