The first single from The Expedition Show, the self-titled debut album from... you guessed it... The Expedition Show, has been sent to radio. The full CD is set for a February 28 release on Mountain Fever Records. The group features Blake
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Jessie Baker jumps again
Just weeks after being announced as the new banjo picker with Sierra Hull, Jessie Baker has detoured from Highway 111 to travel with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. He will start right away, filling the spot held for the past year
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Tina Aridas RIP
We are sorry to report that Constance "Tina" Aridas passed away on Sunday morning. She was an active member of the International Bluegrass Music Association, and a fierce advocate for James Reams & The Barnstormers, for whom she served as
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Banjo on the Staten Island ferry
Here's an interesting video of folk musician Morgan O'Kane taking street music to the Staten Island Ferry in New York. O'Kane is a Virginia native, world traveler and current inhabitant of the Big Apple, where he has spent a good bit
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Ralph Stanley – A Mother’s Prayer
Rebel Records has released a promo video in advance of Ralph Stanley's upcoming Gospel album, A Mother's Prayer. In it, both Ralph and his road manager and long time Clinch Mountain Boys guitarist James Alan Shelton discuss the good Doctor's work
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Doyle on Reno’s Old Time Music Festival
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver will be the guests on this weekend's edition of the Reno's Old Time Music Festival on RFD-TV. The show is hosted by Ronnie Reno, and regularly features the best in traditional bluegrass music. We understand that Doyle
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Johnson Mountain Boys reunion this summer
Breaking news from our pal Katy Daley at WAMU's Bluegrass Country... In an on-air discussion this morning with Dudley Connell about The Johnson Mountain Boys, it was announced that they will be doing a couple of reunion shows this summer. Performances
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Mountain Heart on WSM
Bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart will launch a new monthly radio program this afternoon on Nashville powerhouse WSM at 2:00 p.m. CST (3:00 p.m. Eastern). The show will be called That Just Happened with Mountain Heart which, after today's debut,
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If you think Dailey & Vincent are silly on stage…
... you should see their sound check! Jamie Dailey shot this video yesterday before their show in Pottstown, PA. What a bunch of goofs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChyUycMm8ug Now far be it from Bluegrass Today to engage in speculation about non-bluegrass activity... but did you see
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Josh Williams CD coming out on Rounder
When Pinecastle Records went down this time last year, we mourned most particularly for its impact on Josh Williams' excellent CD Down Home, which virtually disappeared after the label folded. The record had been scheduled for release in February 2010, precisely