Canada's Spinney Brothers encountered a hazard to navigation last night when they had almost made it home from several dates in the US. One of the furry woodland creatures stepped out into the road and nearly put an end to the
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Borrowed Time from Bob Amos
If you have followed bluegrass music more than ten years or so, you'll recall a band from Colorado called Front Range. They had a string of successful records and toured all over the US until the death of a band
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Pre-release copies of Take Me Back available
Take Me Back, the upcoming release from Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show, won't officially be available until July, but radio programmers can access it now at Airplay Direct. While you need a radio account to download the tracks, anyone
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Doug Dillard funeral and legacy fund
Vicki Dillard, wife of the recently-departed banjo legend Doug Dillard, has shared a few words about her husband's funeral last week. Doug had passed away on May 16 following a number of health issues over the past year. Here is Vicki's brief
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LocalGrass – Al Batten & The Bluegrass Reunion: Forty Years & Counting
If you're a bluegrass fan that has been around for a while, you're no doubt familiar with a handful of elite sidemen from days gone by who held their job with only one band for a great number of years.
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Keller Williams and Travelin’ McCourys will Pick in July
Alt-grass hero Keller Williams and the Travelin' McCourys have teamed up for a new album and a series of live shows this summer. Williams is well known to to grassers on the edge for his collaborations with such icons as String
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Doug Dillard: Bluegrass Banjo Giant, Country-Rock Pioneer
After the death of Earl Scruggs and the announced retirement of J. D. Crowe, the banjo world suffered another loss last week with the passing of Doug Dillard. Having been seen by millions, perhaps 100 million, through nearly 50 years of
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Gospel project from Rhonda Vincent this summer
For someone who has been so deeply involved in bluegrass Gospel for so many years, it seems hard to believe that Rhonda Vincent's upcoming live album, Sunday Mornin' Singin', will be her first all-Gospel release. Rhonda performed in her youth with
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Redhills from I Draw Slow
Pinecastle has signed Irish string band I Draw Slow to the label, and will release their Redhills album on August 7. Their music is an interesting mix of American and Irish folk styles, blending the traditional music of both cultures with
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Blue Yodel #29 – Songwriting Challenge: One-Verse Wonders
This is the first in what I hope will be an occasional series of songwriting challenges to appear in the Blue Yodel column. In every songwriting workshop, one question always gets asked: which comes first, the words or the melody? I try