Last winter, at the Herschel Sizemore tribute show in Roanoke, I was hanging out backstage, where some of the biggest names in bluegrass were getting ready to perform. Things were just getting started and a band I’d never heard of
Author: David Morris
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Bud’s Collective at DC Bluegrass Fest
Here we have David Morris' final interview from the DC Bluegrass Festival, this time with Buddy Dunlap and Bud's Collective.
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Danny Paisley at DCBU
Here is David Morris' interview with Danny and Ryan Paisley at the DC Bluegrass Festival this past weekend. Once again, thanks to Eric Tapp for technical assistance. The video is presented in B&W owing to the poor lighting in the
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Larry Sparks at DC Bluegrass
Here is David Morris' interview with Larry Sparks, shot this past weekend at the DC Bluegrass Festival. As with yesterday's Frank Solivan video, we are grateful to Eric Tapp for technical assistance.
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Old and New at DCBU
Brides are told to include something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue in their wedding get-up. At the D.C. Bluegrass Union’s fourth annual festival in the Washington suburbs, it was something old, something new, something borrowed and everything bluegrass. The
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Frank Solivan at DC Blugrass
Here is David Morris' interview with Frank Solivan at the DC Bluegrass Festival this past weekend.
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Compass signs Dirty Kitchen
Things are cooking for Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, literally and figuratively. During the D.C. Bluegrass Union Festival over the weekend in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Solivan announced that the band landed a new record deal in time for unveiling
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A ‘Clusterpluck’ for Mike Auldridge
It’s one thing when one of the most talented Dobro players on the planet attributes his success to Mike Auldridge. It’s something else entirely when a whole stageful of top Dobro players line up to pay tribute. Sally Van Meter had the
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God Didn’t Choose Sides
Music about the Civil War is a staple of bluegrass and folk music. There are some memorable songs and terrific collections that recall the pain and anguish of brother fighting brother. But I’m pretty sure there’s never been anything like God
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Bluegrassers aid shooting victims’ families
As a former schoolteacher, John Bowman was “just so struck with grief” by the news that 26 people had been killed by a shooter at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in December. “It just hit me in the gut,”