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First & Latest: For Darrell Scott, It's Almost Always "A Great Day to Be Alive"For a musician that could easily play every instrument in a standard bluegrass lineup – plus dozens more – it's remarkable that Darrell Scott put out a post-pandemic record, Old Cane Back Rocker, that decidedly features a band. A picker's picker and a songwriter's songwriter, Scott has in the past recorded…

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First & Latest: "The Thrill Is Gone," but Bettye LaVette ContinuesAt 77 years-old, singer and song interpreter extraordinaire Bettye LaVette just keeps going. Her new album, LaVette!, features a set of songs so perfectly suited to the recording artist's voice and perspective many listeners assume she wrote the material herself. But this collection was all penned by Randall Bramblett, whose songs…

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First & Latest: Special Consensus' 40+ Year Career(Editor's Note: BGS is excited to debut a brand new column and feature series, First & Latest, which examines the discographies of artists, musicians, and bands by comparing and contrasting their first album against their latest album.) Chicago-based, long-running bluegrass outfit Special Consensus have been making records since 1979, when…

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