This past Friday evening (5/14), I had the good fortune to catch The Boxcars at a small venue here in Roanoke. If you haven't heard the name, you will surely be hearing it soon. This is the latest bluegrass supergroup to
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Fiddle from Vivian Wagner
Vivian Wagner teaches journalism at the Muskingum University in Ohio, where she also directs the school's interdisciplinary journalism program. She is also a widely published freelance writer, whose work has appeared in a variety of journals, Bluegrass Unlimited among them. In
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Sunnyside Drive from The Farewell Drifters
Here is the third video preview from Yellow Tag Mondays, the upcoming album by The Farewell Drifters. This time, it's Sunnyside Drive, an autobiographical sketch from the musical brothers Britt (Joshua and Clayton). The song is yet another relentlessly cheerful Drifters
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Steep Canyon Rangers on Prairie Home Companion
Steep Canyon Rangers will be musical guests on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, broadcasting live from the Fox Theater in Atlanta at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday (5/22). The Rangers have gotten a huge visibility boost this past year
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Crooked Still – Some Strange Country
Yesterday (5/18) marked the release of the fine new Crooked Still CD, Some Strange Country on Signature Sounds. Like their several previous projects, this one combines a modified string band format (banjo, fiddle, bass, cello) with wispy vocals on a
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Welcome Briar Lee Rickman
And speaking of Brandon Rickman... Brandon and his wife Amy welcomed their first child, Briar Lee Rickman, into the world last week. Briar was born on May 11 at 12:45 p.m. (CDT). He weighed in at 7.9 lbs, standing 20.5'' tall. Welcome
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Jesse Daniel to Josh Williams Band
Mandolinist Jesse Daniel has joined The Josh Williams Band. The position has been open for several months, with a number of pickers handling the shows, and Josh is happy to have Jesse on board. Daniels is a native of Fyffe, AL
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Claire Lynch, Fitzmaurice Band on WAMU Wednesday
WAMU's Bluegrass Country has a couple of special features on Wednesday (5/19) that may be of interest for those who can catch them online. In fact, these will serve as nice bookends to your online listening day. At 9:00 a.m. (EDT),
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Gulley and Stafford – Just Along For The Ride
The first single from the upcoming Steve Gulley and Tim Stafford CD, Just Along For The Ride, is now available to radio via Airplay Direct. The album, a songwriters project featuring the pair's compositions, is called Dogwood Winter, and it
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A bluegrass wedding at Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival is widely viewed as the official kickoff of the annual bluegrass festival season. It may not always be the very first major outdoor festival of the year, but given its size and the caliber of talent