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I’ll Go With You video from Williamson Branch
Pinecastle Records has a new music video for Williamson Branch, one of the tracks on their current record, Classy, Sassy, Bluegrassy. This family band from Tennessee does all the important things right, both large and small, from their clever original songs to their highly engaging stage show. You'll never forget having
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Leather Britches – new single from Andy Hall
Andy Hall, reso-guitarist and vocalist with The Infamous Stringdusters, has a new album coming up next month, filled with his solo arrangements of a dozen bluegrass standards. Its title describes the project perfectly, 12 Bluegrass Classics for Resophonic Guitars. The setting couldn't be simpler: Andy sits down with his dobro and
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Custom Sim Daley mandolin finds its way home after 25 years
This article is a contribution from Missy Renee Daley, a delightful story about how the custom mandolin her husband made for her back in 1996 found its way back to her after having been stolen shortly after she received it. Today I had the best news in my life, but I
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Fox Hollow Memories – Troy Engle
On his latest album, Fox Hollow Memories, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Troy Engle offers up a series of sweet sentiments, inspired by the time spent writing and hanging with the great Ton T Hall at Hall's Franklin Tennessee farm, Fox Hollow. While Hall himself is present on only one of
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World Virtual Flatpicking Contest 2020
We've all had something to suffer during this year's COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions. For most of us, fortunately, it hasn't involved serious illness and hospitalization, though that has existed for some. We all surely know someone who has been unable to work, with the attendant financial insecurity that brings, especially
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The Shape You’re In from Robert Hale
If you want to start a tussle at a pop musicologists convention, throw out a question about how rock n roll music got started. It's commonly asserted that it was an outgrowth of rural blues music in the southern black community, but an argument can be made that Bill Monroe
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Fiddle Camp with Jana Jae in Oklahoma
Labor Day is traditionally that last opportunity before Old Man Winter visits for family gatherings/reunions, cookouts, lake time and Jana Jae's Fiddle Camp in Grove, OK. While the...
Goodbye Again from The Sharp Flatpickers featuring Claire Lynch and Ronnie Bowman
Mountain Fever Records has released a first single from their upcoming album with Lee Kotick and his Sharp Flatpickers. It's a new song written by Claire Lynch...
Ask Sonny Anything… what did you think of The Country Gentlemen?
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...
Get On Home Boy drops from Donna Ulisse
So much new music today! Donna Ulisse also has a new single this week from Billy Blue Records, which is included on her debut album with them,...
Rhonda Vincent Christmas in Branson, and the lure of Hollywood
Bluegrass music, and the people who play it, has always been a source for wonderful stories. Even our biggest celebrities live pretty close to normal...
Video Premiere: Grit and Grace from Balsam Range
A new music video debuts today from Balsam Range for their current Mountain Home single, Grit and Grace. It's something of a departure for the band,...
