Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as they like to say, It's a new shade of grass." As they head off on an extended European tour,
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Spanish grassers lament the loss of the La Sonora jam
This report s a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American living in the Catalan region of Spain. April 23rd is a big day in Barcelona, as we celebrate St. Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia, with a national holidays of books
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Banjo V-I – Dave Richardson
This review of V-I is a contribution from Kevin Slick. Colorado banjo master Dave Richardson has a new album entitled Banjo V-I, subtitled "acoustic artists interact with virtual instruments." Richardson combines these virtual and acoustic instruments seamlessly, playing banjo, guitar, mandolin, and
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Debut Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge report
Lonesome River Band performs at the Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge festival - photo by Molly Moore With the loss of so many bluegrass festivals the past few years, it's great to have a new one come around. The debut Bluegrass
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Toru Mitsui passes
This remembrance of Japanese bluegrass artist and scholar Toru Mitsui is a contribution from Neil V. Rosenberg, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Folklore at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. It will also appear in Japan's Moon Shiner magazine. Toru Mitsui
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Still Kickin’: Three On A String inducted into Alabama Music Hall of Fame
This report is a contribution from Skip Tucker of Birmingham, AL The legendary Birmingham bluegrass show band, Three on a String, wore tuxedos on stage for the first time in its storied half-century career. It had to. They were inducted over
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Ken Fish passes
This obituary is a contribution from C.P. Heaton, longtime Florida bluegrass musician. Ken Fish, "Your Bluegrass Reporter" for the Jacksonville Florida Times Union from 1977 to 1999, died on February 7, 2023. He was 87 years of age. He was a lifetime
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Report from the 2023 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp
This report from the 2023 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp, held in Spain, is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, and American living in the region. Hello Bluegrass friends! We celebrated our 8th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp (BBC) this year, March 3-4. It was a
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Alan Moore Stowell passes
Alan Stowell performing recently in Florida, and as a younger man This obituary is a contribution from C.P. Heaton, Alan's regular pickin' partner on guitar and banjo in the Gainesville clubs for many years. Florida fiddler and guitarist Alan Stowell, 78, died
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Doyle Lawson: Incredible talent, but also mentor to young musicians
This recollection is a contribution from Tom Schuveiller, co-host of Inside Bluegrass on The Bluegrass Jamboree. He describes what he witnessed as Doyle Lawson gave an impromptu lesson to a young picker backstage a few years ago. It was January of