Travers Chandler has announced the addition of two new members to his band, Avery County. John Bryan has joined the group playing guitar and singing high lead, as has banjo player Tom Isaacs, who will also contribute some fiddle. Chandler, who makes
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Boxcars, Lawson do radio Wednesday
Big doin's on the radio tomorrow (3/21) for bluegrass lovers. Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. marks the official premier of the highly-anticipated sophomore release from The Boxcars, All In, on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction. All five members of the band sat recently
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Bluegrass radio and PBS pledge week
If you enjoy programming on public radio or television in the US, you will have noticed that both are currently in the middle of their annual campaign to attract donations from viewers. Well... at least the TV side is. Public radio
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2 for 1 from James Alan Shelton
James Alan Shelton, stalwart guitarist with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, has re-released a pair of his earlier instrumental Copper Creek albums on a single CD. Both Road To Coeburn (1997) and Guitar Tracks (2000) offer straight ahead bluegrass
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Anatomy of a Song – The Tenth Day of September
Editor’s Note: This essay traces a song from the initial idea to the recording and first public performance. We would be interested in similar stories from other songwriters. On Feb. 19, early in the Herschel Sizemore benefit concert in Roanoke, I
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Sierra Hull Live @ CMT
CMT has released a live performance by Sierra Hull & Highway 111 as part of a new online concert program called Live @ CMT. If you've not caught the latest edition of Sierra's band, with newest member Jake Stargell on guitar,
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Album of the Week #17 – Osborne Brothers’ Up To Date And Down To Earth
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the mania unfold that is March Madness over the past week, as has so much of the nation. After Cincinnati’s down-to-the-wire victory over Florida State last night, the state of Ohio secured four teams in
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Buddy Melton surgery a success
Good news this weekend from Balsam Range. Their fiddler, Buddy Melton, who was injured last week, underwent major facial reconstruction surgery on Sunday in Asheville, NC. Mandolinist Darren Nicholson posted the following this morning on the band's web site. Buddy’s surgery today
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Down Another Lonesome Highway – Carl Caldwell
The world of bluegrass is full of hot pickers and singers, but very few appear as triple threats; singing, playing, and writing their own material. With the release of a brand new ten song, thirty-two minute album entitled Down Another
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Do you dream in bluegrass?
Last week I published a list of topics for bluegrass music camp elective classes that, based on trial and unmistakable error, were deemed colossal failures. I didn’t, however, say that the topics couldn’t be discussed in this column. One of them