Special Consensus celebrates its 45th anniversary by going back to the town where it was born and inviting a bunch of special guests to help them throw the party. Back in 1975, banjo player Greg Cahill founded the band, and […]
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The International Bluegrass Music Association held its awards show last night, a glittery affair (but really — men and women alike rocked sparkle on their red carpet outfits, and it was truly fabulous) hosted by Hot Rize that celebrated the […]
Bands form, break up, coalesce, and disappear all the time. Talented side musicians decide they have what it takes to front a band and go off to form their own group to express their own vision of what bluegrass is. […]
I first heard of Dallas Wayne from his albums in the early 2000’s on the venerable HighTone Records. Back then, I’d take a chance and buy an album because of the label’s reputation. I was rarely disappointed by HighTone artists. […]
Intelligent, witty, and endlessly talented, Robbie Fulks’ smart brand of old-school country has been a favorite with the Americana crowd for decades. Songs like “Cigarette State” and “She Took a Lot of Pills (And Died),” showcase Fulks’ clever, often dark sense […]
Henhouse Prowlers, the Chicago-based bluegrass outfit, had played Africa before. In 2013, the band was chosen to do a month-long tour of the African countries Congo, Liberia, Mauritania and Niger as part of a State Department-funded program called American Music […]
Greg Cahill has been at the helm of the Special Consensus for over thirty years, and a handful of innovators (Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams, Casey Driessen) have logged time with his band. Cahill is a gifted bandleader and an impressively […]
Greg Cahill, banjo player and leader of Special Consensus, has for 30 years led one of the most consistently good and highly respected bands in bluegrass. The group’s newest release showcases what they have always been good at: rendering a […]
Special Consensus has been around for a long time — a quarter of a century or so — and some fine musicians have logged time with the band, including Robbie Fulks and Chris Jones. Usually a band with that kind […]
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