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Wayne Henderson Festival celebrates 25 years
This past Saturday marked 25 years that southwestern Virginia guitar maker/picker and National Heritage Award recipient, Wayne C. Henderson, held his music festival which features a guitar competition, local and international talent, and a Henderson-built guitar raffle to raise funds for music scholarships. Always held the third Saturday in June at
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Photos from 2019 Circa Blue Fest
The 2019 Circa Blue Fest was held June 7-9 in Martinsburg, WV. The festival got in before the big rains came across the southeast, and enjoyed a beautiful weekend of music, sun, and fun at the Harry D. Shelley Park. Steve Harris, guitarist with the host band, Circa Blue, tells us
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IBMA announces new Board members and Executive Committee
Following their annual 2-day meeting of the Board of Directors, June 10-11, the International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced 2 new directors joining the Board, and one returning. Recently sworn in as at-large members are Chris Pandolfi, banjoist with Infamous Stringdusters, and Ashley Moyer, press relations with Rounder Records.
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Eastman introduces ER-M electric mandolin
With the ever increasing popularity of the mandolin in contemporary music, and the tendency of alt-bluegrass and Americana groups to plug in on stage, Eastman Guitars has introduced an electric mandolin model to serve those markets. Their new ER-M is built with using a solid maple, lightly arched top that is
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Grand Ole Opry at Bonnaroo 2019
When the 2019 Bonnaroo mega-fest opened last Thursday night, festival-goers were witness to a special treat. The world famous Grand Ole Opry made the trip to Manchester, TN - about 65 miles southeast of Nashville - to broadcast live from the festival site. It is only quite rarely that the Opry
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The Spirit of Bill Monroe lives on in his Sons of Bluegrass
According to Tom Ewing, author of Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man and guitarist for his Blue Grass Boys the last ten years that Monroe performed, the father of bluegrass music had 149 various band members throughout his career. This past weekend, five of those
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Vern Young passes
Vern Young, who enjoyed a long career in country and bluegrass music, passed away on June 14, 2019. He was 95 years old and had...
Track Premiere: Voice in Your Ear from Patrick McAvinue
We've had our eye on Patrick McAvinue for quite some time, since he was a teenager, still in college, and playing fiddle with Audie Blaylock...
High Road at the Gospel Barn
The Gospel Barn is one of those hidden gems for music in Michigan. The Gospel Barn began its life in 1974 in Hillsdale, Michigan and...
Carolina Banjo – Mary Z Cox
Mary Z Cox’s latest entry, Carolina Banjo, opens with the rousing strains of Foggy Mountain Clawhammer and never lets up in terms of its freewheeling...
Dennis Jones passes
Bluegrass music lost one of its foremost champions Friday when former DJ Dennis Jones died at a hospital in Shelby, N.C., after fighting sepsis for...
