Multiple IBMA Award-winners Special Consensus announce their upcoming 50th anniversary release with the lead single and title track "Been All Around This World" out today. The two-time GRAMMY nominees are celebrating their golden anniversary with the upcoming release of Been All Around this World, a stellar set of contemporary bluegrass featuring a cast of prior band members, due June 6th.
Special Consensus offers fans a sneak peak of the new music with the album’s debut single and title track. "Been All Around This World" features three of the band’s most notable alums: Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams and Ashby Frank, alongside current members Greg Blake (guitar, vocals), Brian McCarty (mandolin, vocals) and Dan Eubanks (bass, vocals) and band founder Greg Cahill (banjo).
Producer Alison Brown arranged the song for a tapestry of voices through three-key modulations, with Josh Williams, Greg Blake and Robbie Fulks each featured on a step out verse and taking turns dueting with Frank and Brian. The track is an enticing taste of the collaborative theme of the new project which also features performances from past Special Consensus members Dallas Wayne, Rick Farris and Chris Jones.
Greg Cahill says: "It was such a joy to be back in the studio with the band and a cast of former band members to make this recording. Dan, Greg, Brian and I so appreciated Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams and Ashby Frank for joining us on "Been All Around This World"! They were each in the band at different times over the past decades, so bringing them together at the same time with us was indeed very "special." The song also felt very appropriate for us since 2025 is the 50th anniversary of Special C as a professional touring and recording band."
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
Apr 3 Thu - Westchester Bluegrass Club @ 7:30 PM Lake Purdy, NY
Apr 4 Fri - Caffè Lena @ 8:00 PMSaratoga Springs, NY
Apr 5 Sat - Barns of Rose Hill @ 7:00 PMBerryville, VA
Apr 11 Fri - Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge @ 1:30 PM Kingsport, TN
Apr 25 Fri - The Venue @ 8:00 PM Aurora, IL
Apr 26 Sat - The Parkway Theater @ 7:30 PM Minneapolis, MN
May 2 Fri - Little Roy and Lizzie Music Festival @ 1:30 P Lincolnton, GA
May 3 Sat - The Station Inn @ 9:00 PMNashville, TN
May 8 Thu - Blue Strawberry @ 7:30 PMSt. Louis, MO
May 9 Fri - Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival @ 8:00 PM Shelbyville, IL
May 10 Sat - Davis Theatre @ 7:30 PM Concord, NC
Jun 5 Thu - Midwest Banjo Camp 2025 @ 7:00 PM North Manchester, IN
Jun 13 Fri - Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival @ 4:00 PM Morgantown, IN
Jun 14 Sat - The Station Inn @ 9:00 PM Nashville, TN
Jun 27 Fri - Fitzgerald's @ 8:00 PM Berwyn, IL
Jun 28 Sat - Door Community Auditorium @ 8:00 PM Fish Creek, WI
Jun 29 Sun - Woodstock Square Historic District @ 5:00 PM Woodstock, IL
