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By Request Volume 1 – Cedar Hill
Formed by mandolin player, singer and frontman Frank Ray with his uncle over half a decade ago, Cedar Hill has a storied history known mostly to aficionados of authentic bluegrass of the Ozark Mountain variety. That’s the place they’ve always called home, although they shared stages in Nashville, London, and various
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Bill Hicks passes
William N ‘Bill’ Hicks, a founding member of the Red Clay Ramblers, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2018. He was 75 years of age. In the early part of this year he was diagnosed with a chronic condition that attacked his connective tissue and his internal organs, and had been in
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Initial JamVember ‘non-festival’ a big success
Last year we shared news about a new event on the New England bluegrass calendar, a "non-festival" to be held this fall at the Framingham, MA hoteltonywatt where the annual Joe Val Memorial Bluegrass Festival is hosted each year. It was given the name JamVember, as the concept was to
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Oh Susanna video from Lluis Gomez
No matter where you may live, if you play music in public, there are songs you can't avoid. It doesn't matter if you busk on the street, play in restaurants and taverns, or perform in large concert halls. Someone will invariably ask you to play that one song that just
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Old Favorites – new from The Murphy Method
Old Favorites is the latest release from The Murphy Method, which finds Casey Henry teaching you how to play a half dozen familiar songs on the banjo. The Murphy Method is a system of teaching by watching and memorizing, designed and facilitated specifically to avoid the use of printed music. As
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Nefesh Mountain live on DittyTV
Memphis-based DittyTV will be featuring a live concert with Nefesh Mountain over the next few days on their streaming channel. The network focuses on live music and interviews with Americana and roots artists of every kind, and can be accessed by any smart TV or ones hooked up to a
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Farida Guitars now available in the US
Farida Guitars, a popular brand in the UK and a number of Asian nations, is coming to America with a line of four slope-shoulder dreadnoughts,...
Old Country Store video from Turning Ground
Bonfire Recording has released a new music video for Kentucky's Turning Ground. It's the title track from their current project, Old Country Store. The video was...
California Report: An interview with Larry Cohea
To west coast grassers, Larry Cohea really needs no introduction. Larry is a California Bluegrass Association and Northern California Bluegrass Society Lifetime Achievement Honoree, and member...
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Downhill Bluegrass Band links Sweden and the States
It’s no small achievement to forge a sound so essentially American in a place that’s so decidedly removed from its roots. So credit Sweden’s Downhill...
No more Highland Travelers
Things move fast in the bluegrass world. Influential bands can come together quickly and make a big impact, only to disappear when plans and family...
Roy Clark passes
The bluegrass and banjo playing world has lost a great champion today, as we note the passing of singer and multi-instrumentalist, Roy Clark. The smiling...
