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Christmas In A Dive Bar video from Carolyn Eyerly
Bluegrass singer/songwriter Carolyn Eyerly has produced a music video this year for one of the songs from her album, The Sunny Side of Life, released in December of 2020. It's a curious Christmas number she wrote about a group excursion she made at the end of 2016 to the Patagonia region of
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Steel Wheels live at WDVX in Knoxville
The Steel Wheels on Blue Plate Special at WDVX - photo by Alissa B. Cherry There are certain bands that remain personal favorites over the course of their careers, demanding instant attention while also commanding an immediate spotlight with each successive effort. Yet, given the incredible influx of new music that's
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Yellowstone theme gets bluegrass treatment from Andrew Crawford
The Yellowstone television series on the Paramount network has won a great many fans all over the world. Since its debut in 2018, the program has won rave reviews from critics and viewers alike for its depiction of ranch life in the mountain west region of the United States. Followers
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Pete Corum passes
Pete Corum, perhaps best known for his time with bluegrass great Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass during the mid-1970s, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was 73. From Burlington, North Carolina, Jervis "Pete" Corum, who was born on November 4, 1948, played bass in a fill-in job for the
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Mountaintop – Don Schlitz
Songwriters often don't get the credit they deserve, given that the person that's singing their songs naturally shines in the spotlight. Nevertheless, Don Schlitz has managed to receive the accolades he so well deserves, having contributed some of the most celebrated songs in the whole of the contemporary country music
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True Grass breaks out at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies ’21
Lorraine Jordan, Danny Paisley, and Junior Sisk at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies - photo by Gary Hatley The tenth annual Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies is now in the books, and plans are already underway for next year's event in a new venue at a new time. Promoter Lorraine Jordan
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Old Joe Clark video from The Bluegrass Babies
The Bluegrass Babies are back, with another of their animated videos introducing young children to bluegrass music. As ever, the music is created by Paul...
Gary Scruggs passes
Gary Scruggs, Grammy winner, songwriter, musician, and eldest son of the late Earl and Louise Scruggs, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was 72...
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver say farewell at Homecoming show
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts - photo by Elizabeth Snodgrass Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver’s annual Christmas Homecoming show, and...
Rhonda Vincent’s I Ain’t Been Nowhere video
Rhonda Vincent has an early Christmas present for us all, a hilarious video version of I Ain't Been Nowhere from her current Music Is What...
Larry Sparks hits a home run at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers at the 2021 Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies - photo © Bill Warren Playing to a sold-out crowd in the...
Black Banjo Reclamation Project gets a boost from instrument builders
Dom Flemons teaches a recent banjo class hosted by the Black Banjo Reclamation Project at the Old Time School of Folk Music in Chicago Following several generations...
