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California Report – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2024
Molly Tuttle at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024 - photo © Dave Berry Another year has come and gone for the now 24-year-old free music festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park known as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB). It all started as the Strictly Bluegrass Festival in 2001 with a small single-stage
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CMH creates digital re-issue of Feudin’ Again
CMH Records has dug deep into their vaults for another classic album of yesteryear, and pulled out Arthur Smith and Don Reno's 1979 record, Feudin' Again, for a digital reissue. The label tells us that this release, set for this Friday, October 18, will mark the first time this project
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Come on Buddy Don’t You Want to Go video from Hills of Belgium
We've written before about the interesting and innovative old time duo, Hills of Belgium, from, you guessed it... Belgium. There is much that is incongruous in that previous sentence. Appalachian old time music from Belgium? Yes, indeed. They call it "mountain music from the flat country." Also, can something be at
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Gary Brewer launches Bluegrass in the Valley concert series
During last month's IBMA Bluegrass Live! in downtown Raleigh, NC, I had an unexpected and very pleasant conversation with Wayne Brewer, son of Kentucky bluegrass icon Gary Brewer. Wayne had not planned to attend this year, but when a business meeting in Raleigh happened to coincide with the festival, he
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Two flood benefit concerts this week in North Carolina
This week offers two concerts raising funds to assist with the relief efforts for western North Carolina flood victims. Caroline Owens will perform in Lumberton on Thursday night, and a host of artists including Alex Key, Wayne Henderson, and Johnny PayCheck will entertain in Wilkesboro on Saturday beginning at noon. On
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A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy’s Grave from Avery Welter
An obscure Ralph Stanley recording from 1983 has delivered one of the most recorded bluegrass songs of the past few years. A Robin Built A Nest on Daddy's Grave, written by Edna Sykes, has been cut recently by Tommy Brown, the Mountain Bridge Band, and Bent Mountain, and even reached
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Wyatt Ellis joins Ernest for a show in Knoxville
Wyatt Ellis backstage at Neyland Stadium with country singer-songwriter Ernest Joe Compton, Christian Stolz, Wyatt Ellis, Ernest, Jud Harris, Jordan Merrigan - photo © Joseph...
Old Train Tracks and Trestles from Kim Robins
Veteran bluegrass artist Kim Robins has released one of the tracks from her next album, titled Know Your Worth, a song called Old Train Tracks...
2024 Granite Quarry Fiddlers’ Convention results
Special tribute band performs for Buddy Michaels at the 2024 Granite Quarry Fiddlers' Convention The 58th Granite Quarry Fiddlers' Convention, held near Rockwell, NC, featured an...
The Never-Ending Years – Thomas Cassell
Thomas Cassell's third solo outing, The Never-Ending Years, on Mountain Fever Records, is not only a rich and resilient set of songs, but one that...
Shawn Camp to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from home state of Arkansas
Noted Nashville singer, songwriter, and guitarist Shawn Camp, known to bluegrass lovers for his portrayal of Lester Flatt in The Earls of Leicester, will receive...
You Turned Red and That Made Me Blue from Jim Stanard
It's a question worthy of the wit and wisdom of our resident bluegrass humorist, Chris Jones. Can you write a bluegrass song about the upcoming...
