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Day 1 at Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run at the 2024 Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo © Laci Mack Ace photographer Laci Mack is at the 24th annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival in Kodak, TN. She shared these photos from Wednesday's stage shows, and will be there on site all weekend. Hope to see
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Lester Flatt’s D-18 for sale at auction
The 1942 Martin D-18 (#81197) once owned by Lester Flatt, which we reported on last spring, has been listed for sale by auction at Heritage Auctions online. As the story goes, this is the guitar that Lester bought when he joined Monroe as a Blue Grass Boy in 1945, as he
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Here I Go video from Yonder Mountain String Band
Yonder Mountain String Band has released a single, with accompanying music video, ahead of their upcoming Nowhere Next album, due in early November from Thirty Tigers. This next project, their 11th, offers a special treat for long time for YMSB Kinfolk, with nine new songs written by the current band, along
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Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival kicks off in Virginia
Nothin' Fancy at the 2024 Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 22nd Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival got underway Wednesday with a large and enthusiastic crowd. One of the first day's mainstays is the poker run. Chris Sexton and his mother, Trish, have probably the most popular stop. They served
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: A Revisit With Strengeplukk
It’s been five years since we checked in with the Norwegian bluegrass band, Strengeplukk. The group, which is based in Oslo — with the exception of mandolin player Andreas Barsnes Onarheim, who is based in Stavanger on the country's west coast — was founded in 2015 at the music conservatory
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Mountains & Miles from Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett
Bonfire Music Group has a new single from Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett, a pair of richly celebrated bluegrass veterans who have been teaming up of late for more duo-oriented music. Lane is the mandolinist with Blue Highway, and one of their primary songwriters, and Bennett has been recognized for decades
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Living Waters Bluegrass Gospel Singing
The Last Minute Boys at the 2024 Living Waters Bluegrass Gospel Singing - photo © Roger Black The White Oak Community Church, just across the Russell...
20 – The Grascals
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Remedy Tree to Mountain Fever Records
For several years now, Florida's Remedy Tree has been entertaining audiences with their snappy and creative original bluegrass music. Since performing in last year's Bluegrass...
Chris Warner: What Jimmy Martin taught me
This recollection of Jimmy Martin's lessons to his heralded banjo player Chris Warner is a contribution from Thomas Cook. Chris is widely regarded as one...
