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Guitar Player weighs in with a 12-page feature on Rob Ickes in the August 2011 issue, on stands now. Rob's take>>
Three Ring Circle's new CD, Brothership was released 4/26 and is available here. In the words of Matt Blackett/Guitar Player Magazine: "The TRC boys are back, doing what they do best: raising the bar to dizzying heights in their bluegrass-meets-rock-meets-jazz world. They do it with tone, taste, and absolutely unbelievable chops..."
The Nashville Scene starred the CD release show as a Critic's Pick, saying: "the entire album is a kaleidoscopic delight, so full of fire and virtuosity that it’s hard to believe there’s just three guys doing all the work."
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Congrats to Patty Loveless on winning the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album for Mountain Soul II. Nice to see such a dobro-infused project win! (with Rob +Mike Auldridge on dobro) Video
United States Artists, an organization dedicated to supporting America’s finest artists working across diverse disciplines, announced the selection of Rob Ickes as the 2010 United States Artists Cummings Fellow at a celebration at The Lincoln Center on Dec. 7.
The USA Fellows program awards a $50,000 grant to fifty artists each year in the disciplines of music, theater arts, visual arts, dance, literature, media, crafts/traditional arts, and architecture/ design. >>read more
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Thanks for a great Summit!
ResoSummit 2011 took place on Nov. 10-13, featuring 81 workshops, 11 stellar faculty (including 2 master luthiers), Station Inn performances by Blue Highway, The Randy Kohrs Band, and the Claire Lynch Band with special guest Mike Witcher, and after-hours jamming into the wee hours. We definitely managed to achieve Total Dobro Overload!
A huge thanks to everyone who brought creativity and enthusiasm in full force to the Summit.
Participants: Please complete the online evaluation survey by Nov. 30. We're shooting for 100% participation! And we rely heavily on the survey to make next year's Summit even better than the ones before it.
We'll be posting a photo gallery within the next week, including a high-res download of the group photo. Watch for it here.
Interested in attending the 2012 Summit? Make sure your name is on the ResoSummit email list, and you'll get the "first call" when we open registration in January 2012. We sell out quickly (less than 3 hours in 2011), so respond quickly when you get the "first call" email. Use the sign-up box in the left column to join our email list.
 When her father rebuffed her request for a dobro, thinking it was a passing fad, Bea Brackin of Dalton, GA sold a flute on eBay, bought a pawn shop dobro with the proceeds, and started teaching herself how to play. She turned 18 just before ResoSummit 2011, which she attended as the first recipient of the Houston Caldwell Scholarship.
Find out more about Houston Caldwell here.
Interested in applying for the 2012 Houston Caldwell Scholarship? You are eligible to apply if you will be 18 or under on November 8, 2012. Send us an email and let us know, and we'll let you know how to apply. Email: resosummit@gmail.com.
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“Ickes elevates the state of the art in such a startlingly beautiful way that it’s almost impossible to view the instrument the same way ever again.”
–Guitar Player Magazine
"I've been listening to Rob's new album, Road Song, and hitting the ‘repeat’ button–I don't care if it's the only thing I listen to for the next year!"
– Tony Rice
"...beautiful at every bend."
–Peter Cooper, The Tennessean
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