San Jose–based Jason Keiser is yet another in the suddenly burgeoning field of young players who easily crosses boundaries from jazz and bluegrass. He studied at East Tennessee State University with guitarist Wyatt Rice. Jason's primary instrument is the guitar,
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Barefoot’n Bluegrass with Pretend Friend
Tarzan had Jane. Charlie Brown had Snoopy. Why, even Mork had Mindy. What did they all have? Friends played a very vital role in our lives, both as children and as adults. At the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, held in Guthrie, OK,
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Swedish bluegrass from Josephine & The River Boys
The origins of the Swedish bluegrass band, Josephine & The River Boys, can be traced back a dozen years and the seminal efforts of bassist Vagn Abel and guitarist and banjo picker Kurt Johansson. The pair played together previously before
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The Bell Bottom Bluegrass of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes - photo by Kaitlyn Raitz I opened my report on the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards in Raleigh last month with this vignette... Arriving with my wife, Arielle, at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association awards show at the Duke Energy
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Lincoln Hensley – protege of Sonny Osborne
Everyone who has followed bluegrass over the past 70 years should be familiar with the great Sonny Osborne. One half of the legendary Osborne Brothers who revolutionized bluegrass music in the 1950s and '60s, Sonny played a style of banjo
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Jeff Hanna talks Will The Circle Be Unbroken albums and how they resonate 50 years on
Those that have studied the evolution of bluegrass, traditional music, and the history of Americana music in general need not be told the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's impact on the arc of that trajectory. And the means by which they
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: The Shiny Moonlit Boys Bluegrass Band from The Netherlands
The Dutch are adept at bluegrass. One need only reference The Shiny Moonlit Boys Bluegrass Band to come to that conclusion. The band — Sebastiaan Lit (guitar, lead vocals), Mark Schilder (banjo, tenor vocals), Jean Paul Joosten (mandolin, baritone vocals),
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Jason Carter talks Lowdown Hoedown
Jason Carter, prolific fiddler and mainstay of both The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin' McCourys, has a new album releasing this week, his first in 25 years. If you've caught his fiery performances on stage, or in the studio
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Banjo Hall of Famer Alan Munde looks back on the early days
This look at the early days of banjo legend Alan Munde's career was occasioned by his induction this year into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame. Native Oklahoman Alan Munde, while attending Oklahoma University in the 1960s, crossed paths with
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California Report: Kenny Feinstein of Water Tower Band
"Bluegrass and folk alchemy with psychedelic and punk influences" is how the Los Angeles-based Water Tower Band is described on their web site. Led by co-founder Kenny Feinstein, the band has endless energy emitting old-time sounds in a modern musical