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Blake Johnson to Grasstowne
With Dustin Pyrtle hopping aboard the Quicksilver Express, Grasstowne is pleased to announce that Blake Johnson is their newest member, playing guitar and singing lead. Blake lives in Roxboro, NC and has been playing guitar since he was ten years old. His musical upbringing is [...]
Coda Mountain Academy adds bluegrass
Another successful infiltration for bluegrass music… We heard recently from Brandon Green, lecturer and band director in the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program, about a music camp in West Virginia where he teaches. It’s called the Coda Mountain Academy, and they offer [...]
The History of Future Folk
Speaking of bluegrass in the movies… The History of Future Folk is set to premiere in New York at the end of the month. It’s a science fiction comedy about a pair of aliens who come to Earth to destroy humanity, but who fall in [...]
Bill Lowe passes
William Forrest “Bill” Lowe of West Union, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, April 28. He was aged 82. Born at Hatfield, Pike County, Kentucky, on May 8, 1930, he grew up listening to old-time country music. His uncle Grover taught him how to play [...]
Bluegrass folks line up for Dalton Harper
Last Spring we shared happy news from Missouri’s The Harper Family, when they signed with Crossroads Music’s Pisgah Ridge label. Changes, their first album for Pisgah Ridge, was released in August 2012, and the band has been touring in support since that time. Now we have [...]
MerleFest instrumental contest winners
Here are the winners from yesterday’s (4/27) banjo and guitar competitions at MerleFest. Banjo 1st place – Steven Moore, Bethesda, OH 2nd place – Alex Edwards, Salisbury, NC 3rd place – Brandy Miller, West Jefferson, NC Guitar 1st place – Michael Ballard, Maiden, NC 2nd [...]
Rebecca Frazier – When We Fall
It wasn’t long ago that Rebecca Frazier was a rising star in bluegrass music. Her band, Hit & Run Bluegrass, had been an invited showcase act at the 2005 IBMA World of Bluegrass, and she graced the cover of the Fall 2006 issue of Flatpicking Guitar magazine, [...]
Arthel’s Guitar from Jack Lawrence
Jack Lawrence has announced the April 12 release of his next album, Arthel’s Guitar, on Little King Records. It’s a mix of vocals and instrumentals featuring the stellar guitar work and vocals of this long-time Doc Watson accompanist. Joining Lawrence are Wayne Benson on mandolin, Curtis Burch on [...]
Tony Rice monel strings from Martin
Here’s another new product from CF Martin introduced earlier this year at the 2013 NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. After many years endorsing strings from other manufacturers, Tony Rice now has a signature set from Martin. He has long favored strings made with monel, a [...]
Kalamazoo Gals
A new book released in January, Kalamazoo Gals, ties together several threads of mid-20th century Americana, bound together by the women who kept the Gibson guitar factory staffed during World War II. It was written by John Thomas, inspired by a photograph he discovered that [...]
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