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Bela Fleck: Rhapsody In Blue
by Doug Collette
It's a long way from India to Broadway, but Bela Fleck makes the journey in high style for Rhapsody in Blue. It follows the altogether exotic As We Speak (Thirty Tigers, 2023), the combination of which further a case for the banjoist/composer/bandleader as an eclectic musical explorer comparable to Pat Metheny. Beginning in the slow-but-sure, occasionally fitful way this album's concept came together, Rhapsody in Blue (grass)" features seemingly conventional banjo voicings alternated with George Gershwin's inimitable progressions. ...
read moreJohn Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band: Leftover Feelings
by Doug Collette
Leftover Feelings is not the first such group collaboration in John Hiatt's varied and lengthy career-the North Mississippi Allstars were integral to Master of Disaster (New West Records, 2005). But there's an even more unusual kinship in play here between this gifted songwriter and The Jerry Douglas Band, if only because this LP is even more deeply steeped in bluegrass style(s) than the comparably acoustic-based Crossing Muddy Waters (Vanguard, 2000). Perhaps due to his early experience working as ...
read moreShemekia Copeland: Uncivil War
by Paul Rauch
Blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland has firmly established herself as one of the most important modern blues artists. Though born in Harlem and raised in New Jersey, her sound has always clearly shouted Texas, reflecting her family ties to the music through her father, Texas bluesman Johnny Copeland. Her albums have called attention to her powerful instrument and natural penchant to find the inner soul of the material she chooses. On Uncivil War (Alligator, 2020), she plays above the rim, teaming ...
read moreJerry Douglas: Lookout For Hope
by Glenn Astarita
Where do we begin? He’s widely hailed as the “dobro king.” He’s won nine “Academy of Country Music Awards”, several “Dobro Player Of The Year Awards,” and six “Grammys.” Besides gracing albums by artists such as, Bruce Hornsby, Dolly Parton, and many others, Jerry Douglas has also recorded with avant/jazz-based guitar hero, Bill Frisell.
Lately, the artist has been performing and touring with Alison Krauss’ popular “Union Station” band. However, with this release, Douglas crosses genres by ...
read moreJerry Douglas: Tut Taylor Tribute Record
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A TRIBUTE TO THE DOBRO LEGEND There isn't a Dobro player alive who doesn't owe Tut Taylor. Taylor is a towering figure in the world of acoustic music, championed for his flat-picking mastery by generations of fellow musicians and connoisseurs of rural American music. One of Taylor's lifelong devotees is Jerry Douglas, perhaps the most celebrated Dobro player in the world for more than 30 years. Douglas honors his inspiration with Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor (released July ...
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Jerry Douglas:glide
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By: Wesley Hodges
Whenever a master of his craft releases a piece of art, expectations are unbelievably high and curiosity is abound. Glide (released August 19 on Koch Record) exceeds such lofty expectations and builds on an already impressive armada of solo releases from the king of the dobro.
Ever the virtuoso and musical chameleon, one should expect Jerry Douglas to draw from a rich musical palette and utilize many of the legends he has befriended in the studio and ...
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