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  • Larry Leaver passes

    Ohio bluegrass fiddler Larry Leaver died on January 26 with his family by his bedside. He was 77 years of age. Larry was born in May 21, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio. After graduation he served two years in the US Army during the Vietnam war (1966-1968). He went to work as

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  • Low Down & Lonesome from Tidalwave Road

    With a name like Tidalwave Road, you might expect a group to be from along the Atlantic or Pacific coastline. But no, this contemporary bluegrass quartet comes from Williamsburg in southeastern Kentucky, and they have that hard mountain sound. Ben Parker is on banjo and lead vocals, Carlie Parker on mandolin

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  • Flicker Of Love – Cast Iron

    According to their bio, Cast Iron is an acoustic band that invokes bluegrass basics, and pairs them with their own songwriting style. The group, which was formed in 2019, is comprised of musicians who previously made their name as part of the Asheville bluegrass scene — specifically, Andrew Blythe (banjo,

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  • Southern Mountain Music from Wayne Erbsen

    Wayne Erbsen has dedicated his whole professional life to playing, teaching, broadcasting, and writing about traditional mountain music. As a professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville, he has taught and performed old time and bluegrass music, hosted Country Roots for three decades on Blue Ridge Public Radio, and

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