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Deadly Gentlemen take on Vampire Weekend
The Deadly Gentlemen are part of the eclectic acoustic music scene in and around Boston, using the instrumentation common to a bluegrass band to create music that Mr. Monroe never imagined. The band is the brainchild of banjoist Greg Liszt, who also performs with Crooked [...]
Noam Pikelny Manchicken live video
Banjo wizard Noam Pikelny has posted a video from his ongoing tour in support of his current album, Beat The Devil and Carry a Rail. The video is for his original banjo tune, Manchicken, found on his 2004 CD, In The Maze. Assisting are Luke [...]
The Festy – Volume 2
While we had hoped to post live from the Infamous Stringdusters’ Festy in Nelson County, VA this past weekend, the lack of both power and signal made that a little more challenging than we had anticipated. It was, however, a phenomenal festival experience. The Stringdusters [...]
Meet The Deadly Gentlemen
The Deadly Gentlemen are one of those bands that exists in the nether regions, somewhere between a typical bluegrass outfit using the traditional instruments they employ, and the crafty, somewhat zany mind of their fearless leader, banjo innovator Greg Liszt. As if the band name [...]
Mandolin Mashup at Berklee – and online
It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s Mandolin Mashup 5! Tonight (May 4) at 8:15 p.m., Berklee College of Music mandolin instructor John McGann will host a concert at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston to celebrate the skill and artistry of the many mandolin [...]
Martins and Mamas
This post is a contribution from Grace Van’t Hof, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. She will report about her experiences at IBMA as she tries to promote her group, Della Mae. Let me preface this post by saying that I am a huge fan [...]
Grant Gordy – another guitarist of note
It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers eager to experiment with new [...]
Grant Gordy – another guitarist of note
It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers eager to experiment with new [...]
Missy Raines youth movement continues unabated
Missy Raines‘ fine band, The New Hip, keeps getting younger, and Missy just keeps getting… better! She has announced that Dominick Leslie, mandolinist l’enfant terrible currently studying at the Berklee College of Music, will be joining her on the road this summer. They will be [...]
Bluegrass youth at IBMA
Last night (9/29), Brance and I ventured out to the late night IBMA showcases and watched a number of exciting young performers. We saw Farewell Drifters, Dominic Leslie and Josh Williams, and spoke at some length with Joe Dean, the 19 year old banjo picker [...]
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