Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report looking at the Joe Val Festival in Framingham, MA.
Author: John Curtis Goad
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Live at the Old Feed Store – Chris Jones & the Night Drivers
Live albums usually fall in one of two camps. Sometimes, even with the most talented bands, the songs come off flat and lifeless, perhaps thanks to the musicians taking too much care to sound ‘perfect.’ Other times, the recording perfectly
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Scott Donnelly – Behind The Mic
Bluegrass is sometimes viewed as music for old fogies. The emphasis on tradition, the lack of electric instruments, the sheer lonesomeness of it all – it’s not Katy Perry or Justin Beiber, that’s for sure. In the past several years,
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 2/3/15
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, looking ahead to the SPBGMA convention in Nashville.
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Behind The Mic with Jim Fisher
When we think of “radio voices,” smooth, rich, polished tones come to mind – think Casey Kasem. Broadcaster Jim Fisher was a little surprised when, years ago, someone told him that his voice was well-suited for the radio. As he
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Adam Steffey going under the knife
Just like the instruments they play, sometimes bluegrass musicians themselves need a bit of a tune up. Mandolin master Adam Steffey will be headed in soon to try to fix a pesky irritated nerve that has been bothering him recently. According
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Carroll Best and the White Oak String Band
I love discovering new music. The majority of the time, that music is just new to me: an early J.D. Crowe & the New South album I’ve never heard before, a Jimmy Martin concert from the mid-1990s streaming on YouTube,
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Behind The Mic with Nick Barr
Part of the fun for bluegrass concerts and festivals for some folks is recording them for later listening. Of course, some venues prohibit this, and some artists frown upon it, but for many fans, it’s a great way to recall
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 1/20/15
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report (again without the weather), looking at the YeeHaw Junction Bluegrass Festival in Florida.
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Behind The Mic with Charles Hayes
Some folks, when asked to define bluegrass music, might simply hand you a picture of Bill Monroe. Others might put forth an argument about banjos, or harmonies, or electric instruments. Many folks in recent years have been leaning toward a