If you catch Missy Raines playing a show in the next few weeks, it’ll be hard to miss her newest accessory – a dark sling to help immobilize her right arm and shoulder. Missy fell in a Y gym in mid-January, fracturing the humerus
Author: David Morris
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Lynn Morris wins DCBU Award
Lynn Morris, a national champion banjo player and award-winning vocalist, is this year’s winner of the Washington Monument Award, presented by the D.C. Bluegrass Union. Lynn is best known as the leader of the Lynn Morris Band and as a first-rate
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SteelDrivers put the Hammer Down
Listening to music from the SteelDrivers is a lot like watching an episode of NCIS. You know it’s only a matter time until a body turns up. With its third release on Rounder Records, Hammer Down, the band doesn’t waste any
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Songwriter to Songwriter – Jesse Langlais
Oops... here's one of David Morris' Songwriter to Songwriter interviews we recorded last Fall at World of Bluegrass, that hadn't yet been posted. This one finds David in discussion with Jesse Langlais from Town Mountain.
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Sing Me Home from Dawn Kenney
The first time I heard Dawn Kenney sing, at an IBMA song circle two years ago, I so desperately wished I wasn’t next to perform. I don’t remember what I played or sang that night, but I guarantee I didn’t
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In the Presence of Titans
After a long night of picking and watching the sun come up on 2013, I was talking with a friend about the state of bluegrass music. It was far too easy to fall into a funk. Good bands led by talented musicians
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A Few of My Favorite Things
As a Bluegrass Today correspondent, I get to listen to a lot of music during the year. Some on CDs, some live. Some traditional bluegrass, some most definitely not. Some of it terrific, some of it, well, not so much. But
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RIP Mike Auldridge
The word “legend” gets tossed around pretty casually these days, but it does apply to Mike Auldridge, who died of cancer Saturday morning, one day short of his 74th birthday. Mike was a founding member of the Seldom Scene, a band
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The Outliers Fit In
The Outliers, as the name of this North Carolina band might suggest, aren’t afraid to stray beyond the bounds of bluegrass for their self-titled debut CD. It’s evident in the song selection, especially on Shout – a pop hit for Tears
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Giving Thanks (Bluegrass Edition)
While we count our many blessings, I want to take a couple of minutes to note some of the things I’m thankful for in the bluegrass world. For starters, I’m grateful that folks like Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs