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  • Tenders of the Flame: Celebrating Women at the Heart of Bluegrass

    March 8, 2021 | by Guest Contributor

    This article is contribution from Theresa Seiders in celebration of International Women's Day on Match 8. It is part of the Monroe Mandolin Camp's commitment to the preservation and promotion of traditional bluegrass music, through building connection, understanding, and community among

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  • Reflections of two lives well lived – Gary Farris and Jerry Baker

    February 19, 2021 | by Guest Contributor

    This remembrance is a contribution from Chris Sexton, longtime fiddler with Nothin' Fancy. He writes to recall the lives and contributions of two people whose lives were important to the band, and who deserved to be memorialized. The members of Nothin' Fancy

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  • Spanish string music from Lluis Gomez & Friends

    February 2, 2021 | by Guest Contributor

    Spanish banjo master Lluis Gomez was one of the participants in last month's CBA Jam-A-Thon, a 48 hour, online bluegrass festival held to raise funds for the California Bluegrass Association’s Youth Academy. The organizers sent out request to musicians all

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  • Richard Hoover of Santa Cruz Guitar on his friend, Tony Rice

    December 31, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This reflection on the late Tony Rice is a contribution from Richard Hoover of the Santa Cruz Guitar Company. He and Tony became close over the development of the Tony Rice Model crafted by Santa Cruz. Prodigious at four, incredible at

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  • Ron Stewart remembers Tony Rice

    December 30, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This remembrance of Tony Rice is a contribution from Ron Stewart, surely one of the finest bluegrass musicians working today, and perhaps one of the best ever. He currently works with Seldom Scene playing banjo and fiddle, and performs, produces,

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  • On the Gravity of Tony Rice

    December 29, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This reflection on the importance of Tony Rice in contemporary bluegrass is a contribution from Reed Jones, bass player and songwriter with Audie Blaylock and Redline. We thank him for these insights. The evolving story of bluegrass music is punctuated by

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  • The real Father of Bluegrass: Bill Monroe or Earl Scruggs?

    December 9, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This response to our article last week, Who’s the real Father of Bluegrass, is a contribution from Richard D. Smith, a mandolin player based in Somerset County, NJ, and the author of Bluegrass: An Informal Guide and Can't You Hear Me

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  • Dave Evans’ son Tracy elected as Pike County Sheriff

    November 30, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This article is a contribution from Rick Greene, bluegrass enthusiast, former newspaper editor, and one of the founders of the popular Sam Jam Bluegrass Festival in Piketon, OH. It had appeared previously in Southern Ohio Today, and Rick suggested that

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  • Sam Bush interview with Aaron Bibelhauser

    November 4, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    Many thanks to Louisville-based bluegrass singer and songwriter, Aaron Bibelhauser, to reprint his interview/article with Sam Bush, originally published by Audience 502. Aaron spoke with Sam on his radio show, Bluegrass Evolution, on WFPK about his upcoming virtual concert with

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  • Bill Torbert passes

    October 30, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    Bill Torbert Jr, former member of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in a nursing home at the age of 81. Born in Washington, DC and raised in DC and Maryland, he

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