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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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ResoSummit 2012 is now SOLD OUT.
We offered an exclusive registration opportunity to those on the ResoSummit email list on Jan. 31, and sold out in 1 hour, 14 minutes.
If you want to attend ResoSummit, don't despair! Join our wait list. Every year, we are able to offer spaces to many people on our wait list.
Details on ResoSummit 2012, including how to sign up for the wait list, are here.
Interested in applying for the 2012 Houston Caldwell Scholarrship?
This scholarship covers the registration fee ($430) for ResoSummit 2012. Housing and meal underwriting may also be available.
You are eligible to apply if you will be 18 years old or younger on November 8, 2012. Send us an email if you are intrerested, and we'll let you know how to apply. Email: resosummit@gmail.com.
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.
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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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