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Bluegrass art competition for Owensboro installation – $1,000 prize
The city of Owensboro, KY is making a big play to live up to its declaration as the Bluegrass Capital of the World, and has issued a call for artists interested in competing for a bluegrass art installation just across from the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum. The installation
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2025 Midwinter Bluegrass Festival report
Wood Box Heroes at the 2025 Midwinter Bluegrass Festival - photo © Kevin Slick The Colorado bluegrass scene celebrated this past weekend at the annual Midwinter Bluegrass Festival in true Rocky Mountain style with snow, frigid temperatures, and non-stop music. Inside a comfy hotel, of course, that featured some of the
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Cold Night Here in Georgia from Brand New Box of Matches
Brand New Box of Matches, i.e., Elizabeth Sherman and Ryan Hardison from Knoxville, TN, have a new single to share, which, like most of the material they record, is an original song they have written. She plays bass and sings while he adds guitar and banjo. Working together this past three
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Where Do We Go From Here – On The Trail
With passion for progressive bluegrass alongside other styles of music like contemporary pop, Connecticut-based On the Trail has quickly made waves for their creativity and explorations outside of the typical acoustic realm. The group's first full length album, Where Do We Go From Here, displays the lyrical power contained within this unit.
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From The Side of the Road… dive bar bluegrass pinball machine
Some time ago, I proposed a video game for songwriters that would allow them to experience simulated hardships to enable them to write soulful songs without having to actually experience the heartbreak and tragedy that usually feeds that kind of art. It occurred to me, though, as I was in a
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Back Away – new single from Matt Wallace
For his latest single from Huckleberry Records, bluegrass bassist and vocalist Matt Wallace has reached back to a song by prolific songwriter Jake Landers, and a live recording by The Bluegrass Cardinals, for a lively little number called Back Away. Matt's been around bluegrass for some time now, working for entertainers
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Dear MariBella & the Pigkickers open for Sam Bush
Dear MariBella & the Pigkickers with Sam Bush at Brooklyn Arts Center in Wilmington, NC (2/26/25) Regular readers may recall a story from November about a...
Daughter of the Stars drops for Red Camel Collective
Pinecastle Recording has a new single for Red Camel Collective, the relatively new group led by powerhouse vocalist Heather Berry Mabe. The band is essentially Junior...
Mason Wright to Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run have announced a new addition to the band, welcoming Virginia fiddler Mason Wright to the fold. He fills the spot...
30 Years of First Class Bluegrass in Asheville
The Grascals at the 30th annual Bluegrass First Class (2/15/25) - photo © Sandy Hatley For three decades, Milton Harkey and MRH Bluegrass Productions have continued...
Don Rigsby to tour with Balsam Range in 2025
Following the recent departure of founding fiddler and vocalist Buddy Melton, Balsam Range has announced that bluegrass veteran Don Rigsby will be touring with them...
Remembering Josh Otsuka of Bluegrass 45
Josh Otsuka, founding guitarist with breakout Japanese bluegrass band, Bluegrass 45, died at his home in Kobe, Japan on January 26. He was 80 years...
