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Patuxent Music
Patuxent Music is an independent record label in Rockville, Maryland. History Bluegrass musician Tom Mindte started recording music by other artists in 1984 with a reel to reel recorder in his father's air conditioning shop. In 1990 Tom opened his own studio, and started the Patuxent label in 1996. Notable projects Patuxent Music's first project was recording fiddler Joe Meadows in 1995. When the original record label couldn't release the recording, Patuxent released it as their first album in 1996. ''The Patuxent Banjo Project'' compiled music from 40 past and current banjo players from the Baltimore-Washington corridor. It was produced by musicians Mark Delaney and Randy Barrett. The backing band included David McLaughlin (bluegrass), David McLaughlin (mandolin), Danny Knicely (guitar), Tad Marks (fiddle), and Mark Schatz (bass). Among the banjo players recorded were Bill Emerson (musician), Bill Emerson, Eddie Adcock, Tom Adams (bluegrass musician), Tom Adams, and Roni Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Folk Music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations, and sometimes trace back to such origins as the British Isles, Mainland Europe, or Africa. Musician Mike Seeger once famously commented that the definition of American folk music is "...all the music that fits between the cracks." American folk music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music. The music is considered American either because it is native to the United States or because it developed there, out of foreign origins, to such a degree that it struck musicologists as something distinctly new. It is considered "roots music" because it served as the basis of music later dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Allen (bluegrass)
Harley Allen (February 12, 1930April 3, 1993), better known as Red Allen, was an American bluegrass singer and guitarist known for his powerful tenor voice. Biography Allen, born in Pigeon Roost Hollow, near Hazard, Kentucky, grew up in the music-rich hills of eastern Kentucky, and following a stint in the Marines, settled in Dayton, Ohio in 1949, where he began performing professionally. In 1952, Allen discovered a young teenage mandolin virtuoso named Frank Wakefield, who had moved to Dayton from Harriman, Tennessee. Soon Wakefield became a member of Allen's first band, the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys. The band also included the legendary Ohio 5-string banjo player Noah Crase. They worked the local bars along Dayton's Fifth Street as well as the rough blue collar taverns which made up the Ohio and Michigan bluegrass circuit at the time. Allen first came to broader public attention in 1956, when he joined the Osborne Brothers to fill out one of the most influential vocal tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Colianni
John Colianni (born 1966) is an American jazz pianist. Early life The son of Patricia Colaianni and journalist James F. Colaianni, John Colianni was born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 7, 1966 and grew up in Maryland. Duke Ellington performed a concert in 1974 at Georgetown University. Colianni was mesmerized by Ellington's piano work, orchestrations, and stage presence. Weekly lessons began at the age of 14. Career Colianni played in jazz clubs in Washington D.C., and appeared as a teen with a traveling group of young musicians known as Jazz Stars of the Future. This group performed under the direction of Keter Betts. During his last year of high school, Colianni moved to New Jersey with his family. He became a pianist in Lionel Hampton's big band for three years. His debut album was released by Concord Records. In 1987, he came in third in the 1987 Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition in From 1987–1990 he played with film director and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charm City Junction
Charm may refer to: Social science * Charisma, a person or thing's pronounced ability to attract others * Superficial charm, flattery, telling people what they want to hear Science and technology * Charm quark, a type of elementary particle * Charm (quantum number), the difference between the number of charm quarks and charm antiquarks in a particle * Neoregelia 'Charm', a hybrid cultivar flowering plant Computing * Charm (programming language), devised in the 1990s, similar to RTL/2, Pascal and C * Charm++, a parallel programming language based on C++ * Charms, part of the Windows shell user interface in Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1 Magic and superstition * Magic charm or incantation * Charm, an object believed to have been magically charmed, such as an amulet * Trinket, on a charm bracelet Business * BlackBerry Charm, a mobile phone * Motorola Charm, a smartphone * Charm (finance), in quantitative finance, a second order derivative of an option pricing function versus the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Carson
Russ is a masculine given name, often a short form of Russell, and also a surname. People Given name or nickname * Russ Abbot (born 1947), British musician, comedian and actor * Russ Adams (born 1980), American retired baseball player * Russ Barenberg (born 1950), American bluegrass musician * Russ Conway (1925–2000), stage name of Trevor Stanford, English popular music pianist * Russ Feingold, American politician * Russ Freeman (pianist) (1926–2002), American bebop jazz pianist and composer * Russ Freeman (guitarist) (born 1960), American jazz fusion guitarist, composer and bandleader * Russ Granik, longtime Deputy Commissioner of the National Basketball Association * Russ Grimm (born 1959), American retired football player * Russ Hodge (born 1939), American decathlete, world record holder (1966–1967) * Russ Howard (born 1956), Canadian curler * Russ Kingston, American actor, editor and filmmaker * Russ Kun (born 1975), President of Nauru (2022–) * Russ Letlow (1913� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cane Mill Road
Cane or caning may refer to: *Walking stick or walking cane, a device used primarily to aid walking *Assistive cane, a walking stick used as a mobility aid for better balance *White cane, a mobility or safety device used by many people who are blind or visually impaired * An implement used in caning, a form of corporal punishment * Sugarcane, commonly known as "Cane" Plants *Cane (grass), tall perennial grasses with woody stalks **''Arundo'', Old World canes **''Arundinaria'', New World canes **''Arundo donax'', Giant cane **'' Arundinaria appalachiana'', Hill cane *Cane (vine), the part of a grapevine that supports the new growth * Cane ash, the white ash tree, ''Fraxinus americana'' * Cane cholla, ''Cylindropuntia imbricata'', a cactus Animals *Cane beetle, ''Dermolepida albohirtum'', a pest of sugarcane, native to Australia * Cane Corso, an Italian Mastiff * Cane mouse, ''Zygodontomys'', a rodent from Central and South America *Cane rat, ''Thryonomys'', a large rodent nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Nickel Band
Buffalo most commonly refers to: * Bubalina, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York Buffalo or buffaloes may also refer to: Animals * Bubalina, a subtribe of the tribe Bovini within the subfamily Bovinae ** African buffalo or Cape Buffalo (''Syncerus caffer'') ** '' Bubalus'', a genus of bovines including various water buffalo species ***Wild water buffalo (''Bubalus arnee'') *** Water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis'') **** Italian Mediterranean buffalo, a breed of water buffalo *** Anoa *** Tamaraw (''Bubalus mindorensis'') ***'' Bubalus murrensis'', an extinct species of water buffalo that occupied riverine habitats in Europe in the Pleistocene * Bison, large, even-toed ungulates in the genus ''Bison'' within the subfamily Bovinae **American bison (''Bison bison''), also commonly referred to as the American buffalo or simply "buffalo" in North America **European bison is also known as the European buf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Brannon
Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskatchewan United States * Scott, Arkansas * Scott, Georgia * Scott, Indiana * Scott, Louisiana * Scott, Missouri * Scott, New York * Scott, Ohio * Scott, Wisconsin (other) (several places) * Fort Scott, Kansas * Great Scott Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota * Scott Air Force Base, Illinois * Scott City, Kansas * Scott City, Missouri * Scott County (other) (various states) * Scott Mountain, a mountain in Oregon * Scott River, in California * Scott Township (other) (several places) Elsewhere * 876 Scott, minor planet orbiting the Sun * Scott (crater), a lunar impact crater near the south pole of the Moon *Scott Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia People * Scott (surname), including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluestone
Bluestone is a cultural or commercial name for a number of dimension or building stone varieties, including: * basalt in Victoria, Australia, and in New Zealand * dolerites in Tasmania, Australia; and in Britain (including Stonehenge) * feldspathic sandstone in the US and Canada * limestone in the Shenandoah Valley in the US, from the Hainaut quarries in Soignies, Belgium, and from quarries in County Carlow, County Galway and County Kilkenny in Ireland * slate in South Australia Stonehenge The term "bluestone" in Britain is used in a loose sense to cover all of the "foreign," not intrinsic, stones and rock debris at Stonehenge. It is a "convenience" label rather than a geological term, since at least 46 different rock types are represented. One of the most common rocks in the assemblage is known as Preseli Spotted Dolerite—a chemically altered igneous rock containing spots or clusters of secondary minerals replacing plagioclase feldspar. It is a medium grained d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audie Blaylock
Audie Blaylock (born 1962) is an American singer, guitarist, mandolinist, and composer in the bluegrass tradition. Biography Early years Blaylock was born in El Paso, Texas, but was raised in Lansing, Michigan. Growing up in a family where both parents played music, he learned guitar at age 8. He grew up playing guitar and mandolin in local bands. Support for Other Artists In 1982, at age 19, Blaylock joined Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys, and spent nine years with them playing mandolin. In 1990, Blaylock worked with Red Allen until his death in 1993. Starting in 1993, Blaylock played both mandolin and guitar with the Lynn Morris Band. From 1997 until 2000, Blaylock played with Harley Allen (Red Allen's son). Allen was an accomplished country music songwriter (for Garth Brooks, John Michael Montgomery, and others), and recorded for Mercury Records. From 1999 until 2003, Blaylock worked with Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, playing guitar and singing harmonies. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Benzing
Rob or ROB may refer to: Places * Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia * Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia People * Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn * Rob (surname) * ''Rob.'', taxonomic author abbreviation for William Robinson (gardener) (1838–1935), Irish practical gardener and journalist Fictional characters * Rob, a character from the Cartoon Network series ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' * ROB 64, a character in the ''Star Fox'' video game series Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * '' Castlevania: Rondo of Blood'', a 1993 video game nicknamed ''Castlevania: ROB'' * R.O.B., an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System Reports * '' ISM Report On Business'' (informally, "The R.O.B."), an economic report issued by the Institute for Supply Management * '' Report on Business'', or "ROB", a section of the ''Globe and Mail'' newspaper Other uses in arts, entertainment, and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Baytop
Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries Arts * Mike (miniseries), a 2022 Hulu limited series based on the life of American boxer Mike Tyson * Mike (2022 film), a Malayalam film produced by John Abraham * ''Mike'' (album), an album by Mike Mohede * ''Mike'' (1926 film), an American film * MIKE (musician), American rapper, songwriter and record * ''Mike'' (novel), a 1909 novel by P. G. Wodehouse * "Mike" (song), by Elvana Gjata and Ledri Vula featuring John Shahu * Mike (''Twin Peaks''), a character from ''Twin Peaks'' * "Mike", a song by Xiu Xiu from their 2004 album ''Fabulous Muscles'' Businesses * Mike (cellular network), a defunct Canadian cellular network * Mike and Ike, a candies brand Military * MIKE Force, a unit in the Vietnam War * Ivy Mike, the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
