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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, LISTEN TO THIS! A review of Scott Mulvahill’s Music.

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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, LISTEN TO THIS! A review of Scott Mulvahill’s Music. The scent of Coffee inundated this small apartment I live in, down in Nashville, TN. It’s fall time, and the light shining through the window taints everything with a golden hue. It’s one of those days in......
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ROGER CLINE: So InClined

Nancy Posey
When Roger Cline decided to cut a CD, after some prodding from friends and fellow musicians, he wanted a project as varied as his own musical history. With his 2020 release So InClined, he did just that. Raised in Maryland with the Mason-Dixon Line just up the road from his home,......
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NATE LEE: WINGS OF A JETLINER

Nancy Posey
Certainly since the pioneering days of Bill Monroe, nobody has questioned the mandolin’s rightful place in the bluegrass world, but the instrument is too often relegated to a secondary role. In his new solo CD, Wings of a Jetliner, set for a June 12 release, Nate Lee firmly settles his mandolin front......
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BECKY BULLER SAFE@HOME IN MANCHESTER

Nancy Posey
 When Becky Buller chose the title for her upcoming CD Distance and Time, she had no idea how ironic it would be: ā€œWe’re all distancing and we just need some time.ā€ She describes this CD, her third recorded on Stephen ā€œMojoā€ Mougin’s Dark Shadow Recording label, as a real mix.  ā€œI’m......
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DARIN AND BROOKE ALDRIDGE: INNER JOURNEY

Nancy Posey
No one listening to the magical combination of Darin and Brooke Aldridge’s vocal performances should wonder why Brooke has been named IBMA’s female vocalist of the year three years in a row. In the same way that siblings often achieve ā€œblood harmony,ā€ these two play off each other’s voices in......
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Solo Release from Rick Faris: Breaking in Lonesome

Nancy Posey
When someone has been playing music as long as Rick Faris has, it’s natural to want to push the limits and try something new. At seven, he began playing with his family band. Rick went on to join Special Consensus, nominated for Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in 2013 and 2019......
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LOUISA BRANSCOMB: GONNA LOVE ANYWAY

Nancy Posey
At this point in Louisa Branscomb’s full career as a songwriter and performer, it should come as no surprise that the theme of resilience runs through her twelfth album Gonna Love Anyway, released in July 2019 on Compass Records and co-produced by Branscomb and Missy Raines.  Louisa Branscomb has been making......