…Special Consensus is a superb bluegrass outfit in a classic vein but with more than enough modern sensibilities to attract every ear in this now pleasantly fractionating genre. The vocals are spotless, the playing as shiny as a newly minted penny, and music like this is the reason people come to love bluegrass… Special Consensus approaches this hallowed American musical form with boundless energy and an aesthetic reverence that tickles the ribs, tugs at the heart, and puts a restless two-step in boots and bare feet. The lead cut, Signs, is emblematic of the entire [new] CD, bursting with high spirits, energy refusing to sit still, precision so tight you can set your watch by it, and pure musicality so infectious that there lives nary a soul that will be able to turn its born and bred ears from tilting leeward to get a better listen...
A review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
by Mark S. Tucker
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We wish all of our friends and fans a very peaceful, prosperous and "special" New Year. We are forever grateful for your support - we couldn't do this without you. THANKS!!!
The band spent the week of Dec 14 in Brent Truitt's Nashville studio recording songs for a 2010 "35th Anniversary" release on Pinecastle Records.
Ashby Frank departing The Special C; Rick Faris will be the new mandolin player/vocalist.
Maria Nadauld/Above The Bay Booking will now represent The Special C.
35 Year Anniversary/Reunion concert set for October 23, 2010 at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.
Ryan Roberts wins Eastern Canada Songwriter of the Year and Bluegrass Album of the Year Awards!
Special C tour of Europe a great success; concerts were played in Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Czech Republic.
Signs remains on the BU National Bluegrass Survey album chart at #10 in November issue; Signs climbs to #17 and Gone To Carolina to #8 on the Top 30 song chart; Gone To Carolina climbs to #10 on Top 30 Hot Singles chart in BMP's November issue.
Signs tops Sirius XM Radio Bluegrass Junction show Most-Played Tracks and Most-Played Albums charts for the month of June. The song and the album are both #1 on each of these charts!
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