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Hope – new single from Cup O’Joe
Long time readers will be familiar with Cup O'Joe, an extremely talented young transatlantic bluegrass band, anchored by the Agnew family of Northern Ireland. We've had our eye on them since they were teens, making videos in their parents' home as they learned to play bluegrass far from the source. The
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Sideline goes the extra 8,000 miles for a fan
We can all use a little light in our lives. Here's an act of kindness within our bluegrass family that has shone across the globe. Eighteen-year-old North Carolina fiddler, mandolinist, and Sideline fan, Malachi Freeman, received a very special gift from his favorite band for his two-year mission to Hong Kong:
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When I’m Gone – musical play about Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, and Keith Whitley
The Jettie Baker Center in Clintwood, VA will host a three night run next month of When I'm Gone, a new musical play that centers around that fateful night in 1970 when Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley were discovered by Ralph Stanley, and quickly hired as members of the Clinch
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Yellow Brick Highway from Irene Kelley
Veteran bluegrass singer and songwriter Irene Kelley, whose every song seems to move up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart, has a fifth single from her current Snow White Memories album, releasing on March 31. Like all of her songs, it pairs a memorable melody with insightful lyrics, produced in the
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Jerry Douglas talks 50 years in music
Jerry Douglas - photo by Rob Laughter Jerry Douglas has been called the "Dobro's matchless contemporary master" by The New York Times. He is a fifteen-time Grammy winner and a three-time recipient of the CMA Musician of the Year award. In addition to the dobro, he is a lap-steel guitar player
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Highway of Love drops for Dalton Harper
Skyline Records has released a debut single from Dalton Harper, one of their most recent signees, already an experienced bluegrass veteran as both a singer and a songwriter. A Missouri native, Dalton spent his formative years performing with his family's band, and has spent time recently on guitar and lead vocals
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Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend – a book preview
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Let’s Get It Started from The Cleverlys
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Friends, Faith & Songs of the Sea – The Captain’s Crew
The Captain's Crew, based in North Carolina, has been recording their own brand of acoustic gospel music since 1997. With the release of their tenth...
Still Kickin’: Three On A String inducted into Alabama Music Hall of Fame
This report is a contribution from Skip Tucker of Birmingham, AL The legendary Birmingham bluegrass show band, Three on a String, wore tuxedos on stage for...
Railroadin’ & Gamblin’ video from East Nash Grass
Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week from East Nash Grass, a group of first call Nashville superpickers who have gone from being...
From The Side of the Road… Bill v. Earl, revisited
For some reason, pandemic nostalgia perhaps, there has been a whole new round of comments about an editorial written by David Morris in Bluegrass Today...
