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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Bring Historic Reunion to Norway
Read the article on The Boot Read More
06.12.2010
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featured on the Tune In Music City blog
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band underlines legendary status at Bonnaroo Read More
04.09.2010
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band creates Custom Merchandise store
Get hats, hoodies, shirts, posters, etc....... Read More
03.29.2010
Hittin' the Note reviews "Speed Of Life"
Between 1966 and ‘67, Duane and Gregg Allman lived in “The Dirt House” Read More
02.09.2010
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at Bonnaroo!
NGDB has been added to the 2010 Bonnaroo Lineup Read More
02.01.2010
Mr. Bojangles inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
We are proud to announce that the NGDB's recording of Mr. Bojangles has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for 2010. Read More
01.31.2010
"The Crow" wins Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album
Congrats to our friend Steve Martin and hats off to our band mate John McEuen for producing the Album. Read More
01.07.2010
NGDB Records 'The Simpsons' Theme Song for 20th Anniversary Show!
The show will air Jan 10th @ 8pm et on FOX! Read More
01.04.2010
The Jeff Hanna interview on The Bob Edwards Show!!!
On Wednesday January 6, 2010
Jeff Hanna will be interviewed by Bob Edwards on the air! Check it out!! Read More
01.04.2010
CMT NEWS: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Display Classic Sound on Speed of Life
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's legions of fans can thank co-producers George Massenburg and Jon Randall Stewart for capturing their classic sound on the group's latest album, Speed of Life. Read More
12.17.2009
NGDB is giving away a signed guitar! Enter today!
Enter to win an Epiphone acoustic guitar, signed by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and an 8"x10" photo of the band with guitar! Read More
12.15.2009
'Speed of Life' made the Best of 2009 list!
Tis the season... The best of lists are coming out in force. So I am going to get ahead of the curve. This year is particularly interesting if you want to check out the top "Twang" lists. Read More
11.21.2009
NGDB plays The Early Show for CBS News!
The Four-Time Grammy-Winners Have Taken Country Music to New Heights for More Than 40 Years. Read More
11.18.2009
Check out the new of Speed of Life review in Country Weekly - ON STANDS NOW!
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s first new album in five years finds the group circling around to its earliest days as a rootsy rock band discovering country music. Read More
11.10.2009
"Speed of Life" moves up the charts to #10!
"The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band having a big jump, with Speed Of Life moving from #21 to #10" Read More
11.02.2009
Jeff Hanna interviewed on Radio Margaritaville
Great news NGDB Fans: Tune into Radio Margaritaville on Sirius Satellite Radio to hear an interview with Jeff Hanna and some tracks from Speed of Life. Read More
11.02.2009
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Ready to Ramble from CBS to Levon's
"NGDB sounds fresh alongside the likes of Wilco and Son Volt." - Boston Herald Read More
10.26.2009
"Speed of Life" reviews published by Top40-Charts.com!
Billboard, USA Today, American Songwriter and more! Read More
10.25.2009
The Boston Herald reviews "Speed of Life"
"So it’s no surprise that 37 years and many lineup changes later, NGDB sounds fresh alongside the likes of Wilco and Son Volt" Read More
10.23.2009
UK newspaper gives "Speed of Life" 5 stars!!
"Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's star-studded 1972 triple-album Will The Circle Be Unbroken is regarded as the first stirrings of the nascent Americana movement, introducing The Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson to a young audience... Read More
10.22.2009
The Nashville Tennessean Newspaper highlights the Dirt Band with a full page article!
"After 43 years, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band still finds something to say... Produced by George Massenburg and Jon Randall, new album Speed of Life makes the case as well as anything that the Dirt Band is as vital and important a roots music force as ever" Read More
10.21.2009
Sonic Boomers is lovin' "Speed of Life"
"They [NGDB] are, in many ways, musicologists as well as modern country players, and take delight in exploring the waterfront of sounds they've always excelled at. On Speed Of Life, it feels like the Dirt Band is stretching out at the same time they're fo Read More
10.14.2009
Blurt Magazine reviews "Speed of Life"
"The Dirt Band may be 45 years old and give ample bows to its genre's heritage but it's got the spunk of the freshest new band out there - plus musical chops you just won't find anywhere else" Read More
10.12.2009
The Washington Post reviews the Dirt Band's show!
"In addition to its country-rock leanings, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band also has serious bluegrass chops" Read More
10.09.2009
"Speed of Life" reviewed by The Washington Post!
"In the annals of cool music, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band still ranks high among musicians and fans alike" Read More
10.07.2009
City Scoops Lifestyle Magazine reviews NGDB show!
"Their first CD in five years– and it’s very very good... Their tight harmonies, strong musicianship, and kind of laidback version of sizzle feels really good right now. Soothing, yet challenging and provoking too. The new CD is full of strong songs, Read More
09.29.2009
The Boot interviews NGDB!
"When the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed during Nashville's Americana Music conference a few weeks ago, the legendary group packed a full house in the biggest venue the festival had available for them to play" Read More
09.29.2009
HamptonRoads.com reviews "Speed of Life"
"The mumbling at songs’ end, the singing and the musicianship all add up to just what you would expect from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – a great deal of enjoyment from a class act" Read More
09.23.2009
"Speed of Life" reviewed by The 9513!
After all, once a band’s been together for 45 years, don’t you think they’d get a little bored with it all? Listening to Speed of Life, the answer is “no freakin’ way” Read More
09.22.2009
The new CD "Speed of Life" available everywhere NOW
NGDB releases Speed of Life Read More
09.22.2009
Great album review from allmusic.com!
"Ultimately, Speed of Life proves that the NGDB have reinvented themselves once more. Nothing here is of the slick Nashville variety. It feels as organic as their mid-'70s recordings, but the material is quite listener-friendly" Read More
09.22.2009
Orange County journalist gets nostalgic about NGDB
"And the evening was topped with a fantastic performance by the Nitty Gritty, aided on occasions by Steve [Martin] on banjo! This was undoubtedly the best evening I ever spent at the Golden Bear and will never forget it!!!" Read More
09.22.2009
Fiddlefreak Music Blog reviews "Speed of Life"
"The new record does not disappoint. God, if only top-40 country was half this good! The material is strong and wide-ranging, the arrangements folky and dynamic, the production perfect" Read More
09.18.2009
Billboard's sneak peak at "Speed of Life"
"There's a simplicity to the music that's refreshing in today's overproduced, oversampled world -and in true George Massenburg fashion, the production is warm and inviting" Read More
09.12.2009
Watch the making of NGDB's new album "Speed of Life" NOW
Check out a short video and get a behind the scenes look into the studio for the making of "Speed of Life" Read More
08.14.2009
NGDB to Perform at The Americana Music Festival
Click read more to get more info. Read More
06.30.2009
NEW ALBUM "SPEED OF LIFE" AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 22!!
Click below to read the press. Read More
04.08.2009
American Songwriter
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will have a song featured on American Songwriter's May/June "Country Way" compilation CD. Read More
04.21.2008
MUSIC CITY WALK OF FAME INDUCTEES
Steven Curtis Chapman, Merle Kilgore, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Steve Wariner, Kirk Whalum and Hank Williams, honored on Nashville’s Music Mile Read More
10.04.2007
NGDB Honored by IEBA
On October 16th in Nashville, Tennessee, the NGDB was recognized by the International Entertainment Buyers Association for it's 40 years of recording and touring contributions to the music industry. Read More
05.04.2006
Will The Circle Be Unbroken 30th Anniversary Edition
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" has been honored by the Library of Congress.
It was included in the 2006 National Recording Registry. Read More
02.02.2006
"Bless the Broken Road"
"Bless the Broken Road" (co-written by Dirt Band member Jeff Hanna) has won the Grammy for BEST COUNTRY SONG. Read More
02.04.2005
"Earl's Breakdown"
The NGDB won their most recent Grammy for Country Instrumental Performance. Read More
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