No Apologies

At 26, fiddler Jim Van Cleve has already achieved mroe than many players do in a lifetime, apprenticing with bluegrass master Doyle Lawson, winning aclaim as a member of the hot bluegrass group Mountain Heart and having contributed to 2004's Grammy for Country Album of the Year, LIVIN LOVING LOSIN: SONGS OF THE LOUVIN BROTHERS and playing on Carrie Underwood's triple platinum album, SOME HEARTS. Now with the release of his solo debut, NO APOLOGIES, Van cleve who wrote and co-wrote 6 songs on the album, takes a bold step forward. With the help of guest rangings from award-winning bandmates and friends like three-time IBMA Male Vocliast of the Year Ronnie Bowman to country and gospel singer Sonya Isaac's he tackles straight-ahead bluegrass, moody original instrumentals, classic fiddle work-outs, cutting edge newgrass and even pop ballads.