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Free – Williamson Branch
One of the most underrated female vocalists in bluegrass music today, hands down, is Melody Williamson of Nashville-based family band Williamson Branch. She’s been around the bluegrass world for years, performing on stage with her parents as a kid, showcasing original songs at IBMA as a teenager, and performing with
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Bluegrass comes to Moon City Music in Ohio
Anyone who lives in a small town or city is familiar with how they can receive a nickname. It can be a promotional effort by a local tourism commission, or they can come by association with some accident or natural disaster. Perhaps the most common way to adopt a regional epithet
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Greasy Coat video from Hogslop String Band
The wild and wooly Hogslop String Band has released a live video shot while they were recording their most recent album, Volume Two: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions, at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville. It's a raucous version of the old time standard, Greasy Coat, played and sung with the reckless abandon
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Grandpa Banjo, aka John McEuen at IHOP
After a horrible thunderstorm at G-Fest 2017 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, fiddler Kyle Dillingham, Monica Taylor of the Cherokee Maidens, and Steve Short from Byron Berline’s band and I headed to the International House of Pancakes for breakfast and coffee. Kyle entered with his banjo gig-bag and fiddle in tow. Known
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October in the South from Dan Eubanks
Dan Eubanks, bass player with Special Consensus, has released a first single from his upcoming solo album, Look What the City’s Done. Like a good many bluegrass bassists, Dan came over to the upright after first learning to play other instruments. In his case, it was banjo and guitar that initially caught
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Music Modernization Act becomes law
In a striking contrast with recent partisan wrangling in Washington, both political parties in both houses of Congress have come together to pass the Music Modernization Act, a thoroughgoing reform of the way that artists and songwriters are paid for music on digital streaming services. Over the past few weeks, both
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Suwannee Roots Revival survives assault from Michael
Workers make repairs to the stage ahead of the Suwannee Roots Revival in Florida. While portions of Florida's panhandle were decimated by Hurricane Michael this week,...
Allegheny Town video from Missy Raines
Compass Records has released a second single/video from Missy Raines' new album, Royal Traveller. This is her first largely bluegrass project in some time, and...
New location announced for Podunk Bluegrass Festival
The Podunk Bluegrass Festival has announced a new location for the popular Connecticut event, starting in August 2019. Following this year's festival, the five year lease...
Brandywine Friends donate festival audio to ETSU
The Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music, who have hosted the annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival since 1972, have recently donated their entire collection of...
Luthier and picker Topher Gayle talks bluegrass and fiddle tunes
Today we welcome a new columnist to the Bluegrass Today stable, Dave Berry, who writes a monthly column for the California Bluegrass Association newsletter. In...
Thinkin’ Outside The Box from Dave Adkins and Rick Lang
Billy Blue Records has released today the first single from their upcoming songwriter project with Rick Lang, Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout. Lang has created a number...
