We all recall the localized devastation of communities along the US coast of the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon oil rig in April 2010, and the resulting discharge of nearly 5 million barrels of
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Seldom Scene hits middle age
You never know what songs you’ll hear when the Seldom Scene is playing. Not only is the band entering it’s 41st year – giving the Scene one of the deepest catalogs around – but members regularly add new material to
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Revelation at the Ryman
If America has a post-country, post-bluegrass songwriter laureate, one who has absorbed and transcended the idioms of those genres to create a body of work that both mythologizes and humanizes a segment of American life as well as novelists like
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Christmas, A Time For Giving
Christmas is a time for giving, for helping to provide for those less fortunate than ourselves. With that in mind, it is worthwhile remembering the annual benefit concert organized by Martha and Eddie Adcock. The Adcocks, accompanied by Donna Sonner, and
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Aoife O’Donovan touring with Punch Brothers in 2012
Punch Brothers have announced that their next album is finished, with touring in support slated to begin in February 2012. What could be bigger news than an upcoming Punch Brothers tour? How about Crooked Still chanteuse Aoife O'Donovan going out performing with
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Bill Monroe Appreciation Night at the Station Inn
Tomorrow (12/3) marks the 15th Annual Bill Monroe Appreciation Night at Nashville's Station Inn. Each year during the holiday season, Music City's bluegrass royalty get together to honor the man who started it all. Saturday night's show will be hosted by Roland
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J. D., Alison and Dan helping kids for Christmas
On Saturday, December 3, 2011, J. D. Crowe & The New South, with special guests Alison Krauss and Dan Tymnski, will perform a concert at Powell County High School in Stanton, Kentucky to benefit underprivileged children. As a part of
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Sierra Hull, reporting from the White House
Sierra Hull has shared a few of the photos she took last Monday when she appeared at the White House in Washington, DC with Alison Krauss. Hull was selected, along with Dan Tyminski, to accompany Alison on the show, a
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Leftover Salmon in Denver
I live 5 hours from Denver and in the summer it is an easy, sometimes busy drive. This time of year it can be clear, beautiful and not a bit problematic. It can also involve full-on winter conditions. For my
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Seldom Scene 40th Anniversary bash
This report is a contribution from Katy Daley, morning host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, and long-time observer of the DC bluegrass scene. It's appropriate the Scene's 40th Anniversary show was held Thanksgiving weekend, a time traditionally set aside for family and