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Alison Brown Announces DVD Taping in Nashville on July 15, 08

June 30, 2008

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Alison Brown & Garry West on Thistle & Shamrock this week

June 26, 2008

Listen to Thistle & Shamrock this weekend to hear an insider’s perspective on the music business from the co-founders of an independent record label and hear how banjo player Alison Brown has pushed her instrument into new musical territory to secure an international following from fans of jazz, bluegrass, and new acoustic music.

Link: http://thistleradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=51&Itemid=86

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Drew Emmitt - Outside Magazine interview

June 25, 2008

Drew Emmitt Goes Steep

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On Sunday I spoke with Drew Emmitt, the lead singer and mandolin player for the popular jam band Leftover Salmon. Emmitt, 47, lives in Crested Butte, Colorado, and is an avid skier and mountain biker. He also fronts the Emmitt-Nershi Band and the Drew Emmitt Band. His third solo album, titled Long Road, comes out next month. —Abe Streep

Outside: It seems like you’ve played with every act on the main stage this weekend.

Drew Emmitt: I knew it would be busy. I made a point to get here on Wednesday, and I’ve been lucky to get three good... more

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Jeff Coffin - #1 most added at CMJ Jazz

June 25, 2008

#1 Most Added Jazz CD at CMJ (college radio)

Showing Jazz Adds Chart For Issue #1063

TW Total Adds Artist Recording Label
1 26 JEFF COFFIN MU'TET Mutopia Compass
2 12 DIXON-RHYNE PROJECT Reinvention Owl Studios
3 8 JEFF GAUTHIER House Of Return Cryptogramophone
4 7 TODD SICKAFOOSE Tiny Resistors Cryptogramophone
5 7 ALPHONSE MOUZON Jazz In Bel-Air Tenacious

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Alison Brown Quartet featured on Democrat & Chronicle.com

June 16, 2008

Sunday, The Alison Brown Quartet performed at the 2008 Rochester Jazz Festival in Rochester, NY.
Will Yurman, a staff photographer at the Democrat & Chronicle spent some time with the band. The story can be seen by clicking here.

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