WoodSongs: Alison Brown/ Trey Hensley and Rob Ickes
ALISON BROWN is one of today’s finest progressive banjo players. With her new Compass project, ‘The Song of the Banjo’, the 2015 IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award and 2001 GRAMMY Award-winning musician/composer/producer/entrepreneur plants another flag in her ongoing journey of sonic exploration.
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FRANK SOLIVAN left the cold of Alaska for the bluegrass hotbed of Washington, D.C., he’s built a reputation as a monster mandolin master — and became a major festival attraction with his band, Dirty Kitchen. Following Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen’s GRAMMY nomination, IBMA Award, and top prize in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, bandleader Frank Solivan continues the pace in 2016 with a solo release, ‘Family, Friends & Heroes’ on Compass Records.
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ROB ICKES AND TREY HENSLEY is unique collaborative effort between two gifted musicians . Rob Ickes is a longtime, well-established instrumental giant (Blue Highways) and won IBMA Dobro Player of the Year like a gazzillion times. Trey Hensley is newly arrived in Music City, bursting with talent both as a vocalist and guitarist. Their new album, ‘Before the Sun Goes Down’, was released on Compass Records.
www.woodsongs.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUvLgx-3Rbc