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IBMA to partner with Your Roots Are Showing
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that they will be partnering with Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's Folk Conference, which takes place next week at The Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. The Conference celebrates the many varied streams of traditional music in Ireland, which have inspired folk string music in many
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Take Your Circus on the Road from Gena Britt
Melton & Miller Music are starting the new year with a single from banjo player/vocalist Gena Britt, of Sister Sadie. Gena had established herself as a bluegrass pro long before Sister Sadie hit it big. From her home in North Carolina she spent time in a number of touring groups, from
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Pickin’ For A Purpose benefit show postponed until January 18
The big Pickin' For A Purpose concert, scheduled for tomorrow night (January 11) to provide funding for hurricane disaster relief in Greene County, TN, has been rescheduled, postponed for one week because of the snow and ice storm bearing down on the region. We have spoken with the concert promoter, who
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Fundraiser for Gabe Hirshfeld and his kidney transplant
Highly-regarded Boston banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld has launched a fundraiser on GoFundMe, asking for assistance as he navigates the costs and difficulties of an aggressive kidney disease, leading up to a transplant. Gabe came to prominence nationally as a member of Boston's Lonely Heartstring Band, now defunct, a very popular modern
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95 – new single from Breakin’ Strings
Maine's Breakin' Strings has released a song with a theme familiar to anyone who lives along the US east coast. It's another from their upcoming Homegrown album, which has been delayed due to some health issues. It's titled 95, for I-95, the longest north/south highway in the United States, which runs
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Banjo/mandolin assembly and inlay classes from Things With Strings
David Foster, a popular dentist practicing just south of Nashville, sold his successful practice to focus his attention on building banjos and mandolins, and doing custom inlay work. That may sound a bit like something concocted for one of Chris Jones' fictional anecdotes, but it's all true. Dr. Foster was
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Floyd County Mines from Carl Bentley Band
Indiana bluegrass singer and songwriter Carl Bentley and his talented band have a new single on offer, a true story about a mine explosion 43...
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Fat Moose is a Swedish reunion
Fat Moose's handle may seem somewhat self-effacing, but for a band that hails from Sweden, it's likely meant to be more descriptive than disparaging.The band...
Ghost Riders in the Sky video from Todd Taylor, plus another health scare
South Carolina banjo man Todd Taylor has a new video, his rock 'n' roll five string version of the classic song, Ghost Riders in the...
Short Life of Trouble available online
The short film treatment of the life of legendary old time fiddler G.B. Grayson, Short Life of Trouble: The Legend of G.B. Grayson, has been...
Bluefield Mountain Wind from Greg Blake, with Tim & Mollie O’Brien
Soulful bluegrass vocalist Greg Blake has a lovely new song to start this new year, a ballad about a West Virginia boy who misses those...
Memory Lane – Wilson Banjo Co
What began as a tool to promote high quality, hand built banjos has become an outlet for presenting lyrically captivating material. Wilson Banjo Co's release, Memory...
