Troy Strangle - photo by Chuck Neel Banjo player and resonator guitarist Troy Stangle has passed away at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer. Troy was a longtime member of All4Hym and Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band in Maryland. He assisted
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Maggie’s Farm video from Indigo Roots Band
Of all the young family bands working the bluegrass circuit, few are as impressive as Indigo Roots Band, based near Nashville. Unusually gifted, highly creative, and extremely photogenic, this trio of Bethany, Victoria, and Daniel Kelley have grown way beyond
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Henry Burgess to Rick Faris Band
Singer, songwriter, and bandleader Rick Faris is continuing his bluegrass youth movement with the hiring of 17 year old mandolin wunderkind Henry Burgess, from Guthrie, OK, for his band. Raised under the tutelage of his father, Greg Burgess, a fiddler with
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Dated and Jaded video from The Original Five
Sweden's The Original Five has a new EP of their original and traditional bluegrass set for release tomorrow, Dated & Jaded: The Pelarne Sessions. And with the release of the new project, they have a music video to share as
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24 Hours at a Time – new video from Todd Taylor
Looks like it's time for some more rock 'n' roll banjo from South Carolina's Todd Taylor, Guinness Book certified as the World's Fastest Banjo Player in 2007. Todd is just now recovering from a fairly serious head injury, suffered when he
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Frank Ray introduces new edition of Cedar Hill
The Ozark region of the United States has a long and rich history in bluegrass music. While many people think first of Kentucky or North Carolina when someone says bluegrass, the Ozarks Mountains have contributed as deeply to our music
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Jubilee from Becky Buller, featuring Aoife O’Donovan
Becky Buller's latest single, the final one before the release of her new Dark Shadow Recording album, Jubilee, expected in May of this year, is something of a departure for the fiddling singer/songwriter. Though she has shared biographical songs in
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Lift Up Every Stone from Tray Wellington Band
Mountain Home Music has another new track to highlight this week, a cut from the Tray Wellington Band that features the North Carolina banjoist on both five string and lead vocals. It's his reimagined cover of John Hiatt's Lift Up Ever
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Behind the 8 Ball video from Andy Leftwich
Following up on their single release earlier this month for bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Andy Leftwich, Behind the 8 Ball, Mountain Home Music has produced a music video to accompany the track. It finds Leftwich on mandolin and fiddle in the studio, with
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Bo Bice goes bluegrass standing on the shoulders of Bob Seger
Noted bluegrass producer Randall Deaton has thrown open the windows and dusted off the furniture at Lonesome Day Records, and returned to releasing new music with a first taste of their next project, Silver Bullet Bluegrass, a grassed-up tribute to