On the night that he won a coveted award, Ben Eldridge had a bit of a secret to share. “I’m cutting back,” the last original member of the Seldom Scene said between signing CDs after the band’s set Friday night at
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Ben Eldridge to accept 2015 Monument Award
Forty-four years after he invited some friends over to play music in his Bethesda, MD, basement, Ben Eldridge is on a roll. Last fall, he and other original members of the Seldom Scene were inducted into IBMA’s bluegrass hall of fame.
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One Critic’s Picks: The Best of 2014
One of the best parts of this job is finding new music in my mailbox on a regular basis. But the fun turns into work at the end of the year, when I wade back through all of that music
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Eight of the Most Overlooked Bluegrass Murder Ballads
Happy Halloween! The day where we not only tell kids it's OK, we actually encourage them to accept candy from strangers. Once again, no child is getting any candy from me this year until I find one wearing a Larry
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Lots of music in Bristol this weekend
The opening night of the 2014 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in Bristol, TN/VA was a huge success. The weather, which is always a bit unpredictable this time of year, was the best I can remember, with temperatures in the
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One final batch from Gettysburg, August 2014
And here's the final gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the August 2014 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
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A Bluegrass Fan’s Moment in the Sun
Like many fans of the Seldom Scene, Bengt Adielsson’s memories of the band span the decades. But few take their adoration of the long-running act as far as Adielsson has, and even fewer have been rewarded with a stint on
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More photos from Gettysburg 2014
Here is another set of Gettysburg images from Frank Baker.
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A Tale of Two Venues
In just over 24 hours over the weekend, the Seldom Scene played two shows that encapsulate everything that is good about bluegrass. The first, Friday afternoon, was in the tiny Black Box Theater at WAMU Radio in Washington, DC. The theater,
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Body and Soul video from the Scene
Smithsonian Folkways has released a new music video from the recent Seldom Scene album, Long Time. It's set in the studio as they cover their own version of With Body and Soul, a song contained on the very first Seldom