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While it would be nice if life could consist of all bluegrass, all the time, that's definitely not the reality for most musicians. In their off time, many bluegrass musicians have other careers, often somehow related to the music business.

The good folks at Dollywood asked us to pass along that they are on the hunt for a utility player for the 2013 season, which runs from April 2013 to January 4, 2014. The successful applicant must play fiddle, and will be

Flatpickers and aficionados of dreadnaught guitars take note. C.F. Martin & Co.has introduced a number of prewar replicas - copies of their own vintage classics - among their Authentic Series instruments. During last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, Martin unveiled

When Doc Watson passed away in May 2012, the world of traditional music lost one of its most beloved figures. Doc had quite a prolific career, recording albums both as a solo artist and with his son Merle, as well

Last Thursday evening at SPBMA we had a nice chat with George Gruhn, proprietor of the legendary Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. He shared that the shop is preparing a move across town, leaving the bright lights of Broadway behind. Since 1970, Gruhn's

Marty Lanham has been a figure in the Nashville music scene for more than 40 years. Since relocating there from his native California in 1972, he has worked in the repair department of the legendary Gruhn Guitars on Broadway, helped

If you've been following bluegrass as long as your humble correspondent, you'll have watched Carl Jackson go from a skinny kid playing banjo with Jim & Jesse as a teenager in the late 1960s, to one of the most respected

It's only January, but fiery flatpicker and noted singer/songwriter Brad Davis has a full year's worth of notable achievements he can announce all at once. The new Bluegrass Valley Records label has tasked Brad with recording and delivering three new projects

The February edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine is now available from news stores. The main attraction is the cover story of much-vaunted Mumford And Sons, described by the magazine as Chart-Topping Folk-Rockers, but embraced as well by bluegrass fans who inhabit

Paul Reed Smith guitars have long had the reputation for making electric, solid-body guitars of the highest quality. Things got started in a small shop in Annapolis, MD during the mid-1980s, with Smith building by hand, by himself. As word of