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The Earls Of Leicester – Live at The CMA Theater video available online
The live concert album from The Earls of Leicester on Rounder has been a big hit since it was released last year. Captured for both audio and video during a two-night stint at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Hame & Museum in February of 2018, it perfectly represents why this group
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Snowball from Charm City Junction is a Christmas treat
Snowball is an apt image for the winter months, especially for those in the northern US and Canada, where there is generally ample snow for balling and throwing. But for Baltimoreons, the word calls up more of a summer theme. That's because snowball is what they call the distinctive hot weather
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Bluegrass returns to the Red Slipper Lounge in Lexington
February 28-29, 2020 will see the return of bluegrass to the former home of The Red Slipper Lounge in Lexington, Kentucky. A weekend of bluegrass in the bluegrass. The name Red Slipper Lounge may not strike a ring with some folks, but as many remember, it was home to JD Crowe
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A Musical Legacy – Mark O’Connor Band
It’s hard to say anything about Mark O’Connor that hasn’t been said before. An award winning multi-instrumentalist, he’s been on the receiving end of countless kudos ever since he proved himself a teen prodigy in his adolescent years. For the last few decades, he’s been a go-to musician for countless
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Ask Sonny Anything… don’t give up your day job
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar instruments. Everyone is encouraged to pose queries of your own
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Knee Deep in Bluegrass Christmas show for 2019
Cindy Baucom's annual bluegrass Christmas show is heading your way! Each year Cindy, along with Terry, her banjo-pickin' husband, host a special Christmas edition of her syndicated radio program, Knee Deep In Bluegrass. Heard on dozens of affiliates across the southern and central US, Baucom's 2-hour weekly show presents a mix
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Dirk Brinker bends the boundaries
Dirk Brinker on banjo with Backporch Bluegrass While many musicians suggest that they found their way to bluegrass music quite naturally from an early age, there...
Donne’s Passage video from Ron Block
Bluegrass fans have enjoyed music from Ron Block since the 1980s when he first appeared on the scene playing banjo with Weary Hearts, the same...
Track Premiere: Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me from Fireside Collective
Asheville, NC's Fireside Collective is known for their habit of blending musical influences from the blues into their contemporary bluegrass music. And like many other...
Oh Darlin’ drops for Dale Ann Bradley and Tina Adair
Since the advent of supergroup Sister Sadie, bluegrass fans have gotten accustomed to hearing two of our music's most powerful female vocalists, Dale Ann Bradley...
Hank Smith profiled in Radford Banjo Masters oral history project
Hank Smith, fearless leader of Hank, Pattie & The Current, is the latest banjoist to be featured in the series of Oral History interviews conducted...
Fiddler Ray Legere honored by home province
One of Canada’s top fiddle and mandolin players, Ray Legere, was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame on September 14, 2019. Legere...
