I didn't get to chat with Donna Ulisse this year at the World of Bluegrass as I often do, though she has recently shared some news with us about a venture she is launching in 2015. She is calling it Songwriting Escape, her name for
Author: John Lawless
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Terry Baucom speaks
Terry Baucom stepped in to our video studio about a month ago to talk about his new band, The Dukes of Drive, and their plans for 2015.
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Crazy Night from Volume Five
Mountain Fever Records has released a first single from Voices, the upcoming project from Volume Five, due to hit in January 2015. The song is Crazy Night, written by former member Jeff Partin, and marks quite a departure from common bluegrass
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Noam and Aoife on tour
Two of the most celebrated artists in the vicinity of bluegrass music - with two of the coolest names - Noam Pikelny and Aoife O'Donovan, are winding up a duo tour over the next week across the Midwest. To help promote
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Huber introduces the Classic 58
Huber Banjos, whose Truetone series has been patterned after vintage prewar instruments, has introduced a model styled after the classic Bow Tie banjo introduced when widespread production resumed after WWII. In this case, it's The Classic 58, what most connoisseurs view as the definitive
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Debut single from Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle
Steve Gulley and Rural Rhythm Records have released a debut single from Steve Gulley & New Pinnacle. It's a barnburner of a song that he wrote with Tim Stafford about escaping a relationship with a mentally unbalanced partner, called Leaving
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James King to require a liver transplant
It looks like James King, one of the biggest hearted people in bluegrass music, is going to require help from his fans and friends to battle through his current health crisis. Over a brief hospitalization this past weekend in Roanoke, VA, he
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Straight Up Strings announces distribution plans
Roger Siminoff's Straight Up Strings has announced Elderly Instruments as the exclusive online retailer for their new banjo and mandolin string sets. These are the sets that Roger designed to ensure that each string - or set of pairs for mandolin -
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Sparta to install Lester Flatt marker
Sparta is the city in Central Tennessee closest to where bluegrass legend Lester Flatt was born in 1914. Located 95 miles east of Nashville, it remains a small southern town with a population of around 5,000 people, and they are plenty
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WorldWideBluegrass.com goes dark
After eight and a half years of broadcasting bluegrass 24/7 online, WorldWideBluegrass.com has ceased operation. General Manager Jeff DeFord tells us that they shut down effective November 1, and that most of their regular hosts are moving their shows over