High 48s Side Project Alert

by high48s on January 19, 2012

A few months ago, we posted about Anthony Ihrig’s fantastic solo CD Missing Ghosts. Now we have another High 48s-related CD release to talk about. Eric Christopher’s countrypolitan collaboration with the amazing Dana Thompson, The Minor Planets, has just released a new CD called Shadow in the Water and will be celebrating its release at the Aster Cafe this Saturday (January 21st) at 9pm.

Check out the CD and download a free track here.

The Minor Planets (aka Dana Thompson and Eric Christopher) also made an appearance on MPR’s Radio Heartland this week and talked to Mike Pengra and Chris Roberts about the CD…and of course played a few numbers live in beautiful-sounding Studio M. The show will air again Friday (January 20) at noon, or you can listen online anytime by following this link:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/19/minor_planets/?refid=RH

Also, expect a new CD from the 48s (our first with Marty Marrone) within the next couple months — stay tuned!

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Banjo joke # 2,486

by high48s on November 21, 2011

Isn’t that Noam Pikelny?

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Bluegrass in the Pines!

August 30, 2011

Wow, just got back from an amazing weekend at Art Stevenson & Highwater’s Bluegrass in the Pines festival. This was our second year playing this event and, as much as we’d love to keep it a secret, we just have to let the world know that this is one of the best festivals we have [...]

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Where we got our name…

August 12, 2011

We often get asked about our band name. It happens often enough that we devoted an entire page of our website to the question: http://thehigh48s.com/about/whats-a-high-48/. But the short answer is that we’re named after a boxcar called a 48, or a 40/8, which was named for its carrying capacity: 40 men or 8 horses. These [...]

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Kenny Baker (June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011)

July 21, 2011

A few words on the passing of another bluegrass legend, from Eric’s website:

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Festival Season is Here!

June 8, 2011

If the triple digit temperatures weren’t a dead giveaway, the 48s’ schedule this week clinches it: festival season has arrived. This Thursday and Friday, Eric will be teaching a bluegrass fiddle workshop up at the International Music Camp in Peace Gardens, on the North Dakota/Manitoba border. For more info, visit http://www.internationalmusiccamp.com/. On Saturday, we’ll be [...]

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Happy New Year from The High 48s…and a Very Important Announcement!

December 29, 2010

The High 48s would like to wish you a very happy new year and to extend a big, heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to our shows in 2010, bought our CDs, went to our workshops, picked with us or came by to shake and howdy at the old record table after the show. [...]

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High 48s CD Release Concert

September 16, 2010

It’s coming up, The High 48s’ double CD release concert at the Ritz Theater in good ol’ Northeast Minneapolis — back where it all began back in 2006 and where we still rehearse, right around the corner from the Ritz.  Advance tickets are on sale (look to the right of this posting for a link [...]

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MBOTMA Fest!

August 13, 2010

We’re halfway through our week at the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival. We just finished teaching jam camp and wanted to say thanks again to all the jam campers. It was so much fun working with you. You did us so proud at the student recital last night! [Update: Check out the pictures!] And [...]

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What’s New with The High 48s?

August 1, 2010

Welcome to the all-new online home of The High 48s Bluegrass Band. We got a good four years out of our last website, but it’s time for a fresh new look to go with all the other new stuff that’s been in the works around here. And what new stuff might that be, you ask? [...]

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