Chris Luquette and Frank Solivan - photo © Eric Frommer After 11 years as guitarist with Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Chris Luquette has announced that he will be leaving the band at the end of March to pursue other opportunities In
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Mark O’Connor releases two books and a CD from his early years
Those of us who were following bluegrass music in the 1970s were most fortunate to watch the emergence of a true prodigy in Mark O'Connor. Before even hitting his teens, Mark was wowing musicians with his fiddle, mandolin, and guitar playing.
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White Freighliner Blues video from Tommy Emmanuel & Molly Tuttle
Australian guitar whiz Tommy Emmanuel is continuing his collaborations concept forward into a second album, Accomplice Two, due out in April from CGP Sounds. Like the first, it finds Emmanuel paired with some of his favorite artists, including several of the
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Billy Strings at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
Billy Strings at The Bridgestone Area in Nashville (2/25/23) - photo © Jesse Faatz Young bluegrass phenom Billy Strings played two sold out shows this past weekend at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. This is a 20,000 seat venue, and ticket demand was
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Jake Workman releases 20 Flatpick Standards, Vol. 2
Like so many bluegrass artists during the recent pandemic shutdowns, Jake Workman, hot shot guitar slinger with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, turned his attention to offering online instruction when work was scarce. Now that touring and live performance is back
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Charmed Life supports turtle preservation with new picks
Scott Memmer, who runs the Charmed Life Guitar Picks company in Los Angeles, has introduced a new set of items to their high quality collection of synthetic material flatpicks. This special edition of picks are dedicated to the preservation of sea
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Over The Waterfall – Jamie Stillway & Eric Skye
Upon realizing that Over the Waterfall was a collection of guitar instrumentals played by Jamie Stillway and Eric Skye of the Pacific Northwest, I went in expecting tunes at fast tempos with lots of dazzling licks. What I soon discovered was that
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Jeremiah Gilmer – One man band
With the digital age, music, including bluegrass, is being presented in a lot of different types and formats. Jeremiah Gilmer, a young southern Virginia-based graphic designer, works a day job and plays music in his spare time from his home,
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Jacob Groopman to Becky Buller Band
Becky Buller has announced the permanent addition of Jacob Groopman to her touring group on guitar. A Virginia native, Jacob has played music all over the US. He studied in college at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, then moved west to
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California Report: Guitarist Jim Nunally
Jim Nunally is a California-based musician's musician, not so widely known despite having played extensively with many great California artists, including both the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience and John Reischman and the Jaybirds. He's a sought-after producer, and nowadays spends most