John Starling & Mike Auldrdige is an audio only interview done over the phone just before the CD release of John Starling and the Carolina Star - Slidin Home in February 2007. Three of the original members of Seldom Scene have come back together to create a new band that is as much Blues as Bluegrass. SOUND CLIPS

Jere Cherryholmes is an audio interview only done over the phone on January 28, 2007. Sidekick Gary Williams interviews Jere.  Sidekick is in Richmond, VA and Jere Cherryholmes is in California getting ready for a concert.    SOUND CLIPS

Sweet Brenda and Him is also an interview done at Buena Vista, Virginia during the September, 2006 Nothin' Fancy Festival with these two well known Virginia Radio Personalities. ARTICLE    SOUND CLIPS

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Michelle Nixon - September 23, 2006. This Interview was done on her bus at Buena Vista, Virginia during the Nothin Fancy Bluegrass Festival. Click On MICHELLE NIXON to read the article. Click on the link to MP3 button to the right to hear parts of the interview

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Mark Newton - July 2006 - Mark Newton and The Mark Newton Band are recording artists with Rebel Records. Mark, from Fredericksburg, VA, began his career in Bluegrass at the age of 14 and has recorded over 30 albums.   CLICK ON MARK NEWTON to read the full profile.
Links to samples of The Mark Newton Band's new album - "Hillbilly Hemingway" - can be found at the end of the article. There are also some interview cuts from an interview with Slim Jim, Sidekick Gary and Mark Newton just below the music samples that are taken from a November 4th, 2006 interview. Mark's CD Hillbilly Hemingway was released November 7th, 2006.

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Do you have iTunes? Then you can download your favorite songs or albums:
Mark Newton              
Mark Newton Band    
The Virginia Squires  

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More Interviews are in the works, so check back here often for more!

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