For week four of the Album of the Week series, I went a little more modern and snagged an album by one of my favorite new bluegrass groups: NewFound Road. Tim Shelton formed the band around 2002. After having performed with
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The Spinney Brothers sign with Mountain Fever Records
Popular Canadian bluegrass band, The Spinney Brothers, have just signed on with Mountain Fever Records. Known as “Canada’s International Band,” the brothers hail from Nova Scotia, and are known for their sky-high harmonies. At first glance, one may be concerned
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Album of the Week #3: Marty Stuart’s Busy Bee Café
I gave a teaser last week about my pick for this week’s Album Of The Week: Marty Stuart’s acoustic album, Busy Bee Café. It features guest work by some true legends in our industry. Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, Jerry Douglas, Alan O’Bryant,
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Album of the Week – The Country Gentlemen: Live in Japan
Each week, Daniel Mullins will reach back to the archives to highlight a past recording (at least 5 years old) which might have been missed by newer fans - or overlooked, or even forgotten by long time bluegrass lovers. He
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Daniel Mullins’ Album of the Week – Tony Rice’s Church Street Blues
As a bluegrass disc jockey and retailer, I have noticed an epidemic within our beloved bluegrass community. A plague threatens the growth of young listeners into mature fans, this virus called “Albumitis!" Albumitis-n.- a glaring musical gap between Flatt & Scruggs’ Greatest
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Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival recap
Every November and March, a couple thousand bluegrass fans from all across the continent flood the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, OH for one of the top indoor bluegrass festivals in the country: The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. The festival is
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Veterans’ Day tribute at SOIMF
In addition to having a once in a lifetime date (11/11/11), all guests in attendance at the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival this past Friday experienced a once in a lifetime Veterans’ Day. The focal point of the evening was
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A Prime Tyme for IIIrd Tyme Out
It’s a “Prime Tyme” to be a fan of Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. Having been around for twenty plus years, many groups of this caliber would start to slow down. They’ve won nearly every award imaginable in our
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Steve Jobs – how he changed our music
The founder and former CEO of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, passed away on Wednesday evening in Cupertino, California. In an address following Jobs passing, President Obama expressed to the nation that Jobs “changed the way each of us see the
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Bluegrass – America’s music?
Especially on the centennial of Bill Monroe's birth, it is important to reflect on the origins of the music we all love. And in light of the heated discussions of progressive versus traditional - and "What is or isn't bluegrass?"