Old time music lovers in the Charleston/Huntington, WV region are mourning the loss of Joe Dobbs, a prominent fiddler, radio host, businessman, and music personality who had made St. Albans his home some years ago. Dobbs passed away on Monday
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Cold Icy Mountain from Matt Kinman
Old time artist Matt Kinman has released this homespun video of him performing Cold Icy Mountain, one of the songs included on his upcoming album with Moses Nelligan, Travelin' Songs. Kinman is a lifelong musician, though he had spent much of
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Sue Cunningham passes
Susan E. Cunningham, noted as a fiddler and festival organizer in the bluegrass world, and as a rocket scientist in the world of aeronautical engineering, died earlier this month at 57. She had been fighting against lung cancer this past
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Billy Hurt’s fiddles headed home, or, A Boy And His Fiddle
This past Monday, we ran a story about a missing pair of fiddles belonging to Billy Hurt, who works with Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show. It's a story certain to strike fear in any touring musician, who quite
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Missing fiddles at Thomas Point Beach [Updated]
Billy Hurt, fiddler with Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, is reporting that his double fiddle case was likely stolen during this past weekend's Thomas Point Beach festival in Maine. The two fiddles in the case are uniquely marked, and should
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Montage video from Brian Godchaux & Sandy Rothman
Brian Godchaux & Sandy Rothman have released a new video, created by Dutch mandolinist and photographer Theo Van Trier, using audio from one of the tunes on Brian and Sandy's new album of banjo/fiddle duets, The Red Fiddle & The Silver Banjo, against
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Jerusalem Ridge video from the O’Connors
Mark and Maggie O'Connor have released a second video from their upcoming Duo CD, Mark's arrangement of the classic Bill Monroe tune, Jerusalem Ridge. This is one that bluegrass fans know well, though Mark refers to it in his notes as Jerusalem’s
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Ethan Jodziewicz & Tatiana Hargreaves
We've commented many times here at Bluegrass Today about the new trends in acoustic string music brought about by its recent acceptance as a course of study in higher education. Not only does this mean that promising young musicians in
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F.C.’s Jig video from Mark and Maggie O’Connor
Mark & Maggie O'Connor have released a music video for one of the tunes on the upcoming album, Duos. It's a jig Mark composed and performs with his new bride, Maggie, which he call's F.C.'s Jig, an adaptation from O'Connor's Fiddle
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Checking in with Jim VanCleve
Fiddle phenom Jim VanCleve asked us to share this message regarding his musical plans post Mountain Heart. Since the public disclosure of my departure from Mountain Heart last week, I've had a whole bunch of folks ask what my plans were.