National bluegrass act will play Princess Anne Saturday From Delaware Beachcomber Dailey & Vincent will perform at the Washington High School Auditorium in Princess Anne at 7:30 p.m., Saturday. Dailey & Vincent s self-titled debut CD was released in late January and is one in Rounder Records latest procession. Dailey and his partner Darrin Vincent, brother of bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent, first made names for themselves playing with bluegrass greats Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and Ricky Skaggs. Dailey was lead singer in Lawson s band for nine years, and Vincent played...

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Don Rigsby's Homecoming Concert features top musicians From Huntington Herald Dispatch The Homecoming show celebrates the music of Don Rigsby, the award-winning bluegrass band-leader and Elliott County, Ky., native who's been a professional bluegrass musician with such acts as J.D. One of the most renowned tenor singers in bluegrass, Rigsby is perhaps best known locally for being in America's Bluegrass Band, a group he formed with Ernie Thacker and Melvin Goins. Risgby, who's got gigs lined up this summer at The Festival of the Bluegrass and The Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival...

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Padua Buys Bluegrass Heights Farm From BloodHorse Satish Sanan announced March 13 that Padua Stables has purchased the historic Bluegrass Heights Farm. Satish and Anne Sanan announced March 13 that Padua Stables has purchased the historic Bluegrass Heights Farm near Lexington, located at the corner of Old Frankfort Pike and Alexandria Drive. The approximately 275-acre farm adjoins Three Chimneys' Old Bradley Place division and will be managed by, and become an operational division of, Robert and Blythe Clay's Three Chimneys Farm. Two...

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National band to play in Wheatfield From The Rensselaer Republican Wheatfield resident Bobby Davis is playing and touring with a national bluegrass band, Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike, who will perform 7 p.m. March 29 at the Wheatfield Municipal Building. One of the realities of playing music is, as Davis quotes from long-time friend Clyde Ritchie, "Music is a healing thing." But, another reality of playing music is, "You don't get rich playing bluegrass," says Davis grinning. With the band for well over a year now, Davis has traveled widely, including...

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Tyminski: Man of constant pickin' From Cincinnati Enquirer Union Station may be temporarily shut down, but Dan Tyminski is finding there is plenty of pickin' to do. Tyminski, the guitarist/vocalist with Alison Krauss' acclaimed bluegrass outfit, realized the time is right to strut his solo career since Krauss has put Union Station on hiatus for 2008. For the project, Tyminski has formed his own bluegrass supergroup featuring two longtime Union Station associates -- Barry Bales (bass) and Adam Steffey (mandolin) - with all-star sideman Ron Stewart...

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