Some readers may remember the Kentucky-based group Summertown Road, which released a self-titled album back in 2010. The group’s lead vocalist, Bo Isaac, has reassembled several members of the band to release a new project under the name Bo Isaac
Author: John Curtis Goad
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 6/25/13
Here, once again, is our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Weather Report for this weekend at ROMP.
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Roots of My Raising – Clinton Gregory Bluegrass Band
Several country artists have made the leap to bluegrass in recent years, with most of them simply returning to the music they grew up loving and performing. Clinton Gregory is among the latest artists to make the change from country
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Virginia Mountain Music Festival report
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a report on last weekend's Virginia Mountain Music Festival.
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Outshine the Sun – Foghorn Stringband
Most bands practicing old time music these days fall into one of two categories: strict traditionalists, whose albums sound as if they could have been recorded at the Bristol Sessions, and those who take the stripped down sound of the
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Fiddler Tim Smith and Friends
Bluegrass is one of the few genres of music in which instrumental skill is showcased just as much or more than vocal skill. As such, many of the best known tunes in bluegrass are instrumentals, made for showing off a
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 6/18/13
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for the weekend of June 21. Watch for the recurrence of Crowe-dar.
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Mt. Airy Fiddlers Convention report
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a report from the 42nd Annual Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention held June 7-8 in Mt. Airy, NC.
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 6/11/13
Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent is back with a report on the big Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, IN.
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Della Mae – This World Oft Can Be
More and more young, traditionally-based bands are finding success in the wider world of music. While many of these groups get their start in bluegrass, they also blend acoustic country, folk, Americana, and pop influences in to create the style