Jim Lauderdale Plans Another Bluegrass CD

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Singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale will release another bluegrass album, The Bluegrass Diaries, on Sept. 18 on Yep Roc Records. The project follows last year's Grammy-nominated Bluegrass. His 2002 album with Ralph Stanley, Lost in the Lonesome Pines, won a Grammy for best bluegrass album. Lauderdale's future projects include collaborations with guitarist James Burton and Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, with both slated for release within the next nine months.

 

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Trace Adkins Raises Awareness of Food Allergies

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Trace Adkins will serve as this year's honorary chairman of Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward a Cure. The walk will be held in 20 cities with an additional online version. Adkins' daughter, Brianna, now 6, was diagnosed with a peanut allergy when she was 18 months old following a severe reaction to peanut butter. She is also allergic to eggs and milk. Food allergy afflicts one in 25 Americans and one in 17 under age 3.

 

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Chris Cagle Preparing New CD

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Chris Cagle has recorded seven songs so far for his fourth album on Capitol Nashville. He will release the project's first single, "What Kinda Gone," later this month. No release date has been scheduled for the album. "It's so good to come back to radio with a song that I know is format-friendly, sing-able, unique and comical in content ... and I'm very proud of the production," Cagle said. He hit No. 1 in 2001 with "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out," a song he co-wrote.

 

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Merle Haggard's Bluegrass CD Features Alison Krauss

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Merle Haggard first bluegrass album, The Bluegrass Sessions, will feature Alison Krauss on a duet of "Mama's Hungry Eyes." Recorded in two days in Ricky Skaggs' studio near Nashville, the album includes reworked versions of Haggard's classics, some new songs, a medley of Jimmie Rodgers songs and a cover of the Delmore Brothers' "Blues Stay Away From Me." The project will be released Oct. 2 on McCoury Music, owned by bluegrass musician Del McCoury. Marty Stuart appears on guitar and mandolin and also contributes the CD's liner notes.

 

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Emmylou Harris Will Sing at IBMA

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Emmylou Harris, the Grascals and Cherryholmes are among the performers slated for the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Fan Fest to be held Oct. 5-7 in Nashville. In addition, banjo master Tony Trischka will deliver the opening keynote address of the IBMA World of Bluegrass conference taking place Oct. 1-4. The IBMA Awards will be held Oct. 4 at the Grand Ole Opry House. Other artists taking part in IBMA activities include Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Larry Sparks, Ronnie Bowman, the Greencards and many more.

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