The new Washburn Baby Jumbo acoustic guitars, which had been announced earlier this year, are now shipping to dealers. Washburn is marketing these two new models as intended for players who like the sound of a larger body guitar, but
Author: John Lawless
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Tim Smith joins The Churchmen
Bluegrass Gospel favorites, The Churchmen, recently welcomed fiddler Tim Smith to the band. Tim is a veteran bluegrass musician, having served as a member of The Bluegrass Cardinals. He has 1st place trophies from both Galax and Union Grove, and recording
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BluegrassCountry.org and WAMU HD link up
Starting today, September 17, the folks at WAMU FM in Washington, DC will broadcast their 24/7 online bluegrass audio channel as an HD FM radio signal as well. DC area listeners with HD Radio receivers can find the new channel
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Birth of The Punch Brothers
Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have noted our unrestrained enthusiasm for mandolin prodigy Chris Thile's return to a more bluegrass-like vehicle for his creative energies. We not only cheered his re-embrace of the Bill Monroe bluegrass band format, we
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Jake Quesenberry on RBI
This Saturday (9/15), Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), an online radio service of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, will feature portions of their interviews with Jake Quesenberry, an important figure in west coast bluegrass, and a co-founder of the California Bluegrass
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Red Shipley ends 25 year radio run
In the bluegrass world - as in any other - a 25th Anniversary is something to celebrate. In our slice of the music business, anyone who survives for a quarter century is rightly lauded for persevering in the face of
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George Shuffler to receive award
George Shuffler, pioneering cross picking guitarist and one of the memorable personalities in bluegrass music, will be acknowledged by the North Carolina Arts Council with its annual Folk Heritage Award on October 25 in Raleigh, NC. Shuffler will lunch with NC
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Fall 07 Bluegrass Music Profiles
Larry Sparks is on the cover of the September/October '07 issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The cover feature finds Larry discussing his new CD, The Last Suit You Wear, plus his road band, his personal guitar, his sister's songwriting and
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Lonesome Day signs Stanley II
Lonesome Day Records has two new artists on the roster, both of whom will have new projects in the near future. Back in June, Brance reported that Larry Cordle's new project, Took Down and Put Up, would be released on Lonesome
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John Cowan hospitalized
Friends and fans of noted newgrass vocalist John Cowan have long held that he has a heart as big as his voice, but even the heartiest isn't immune to health concerns. After experiencing chest pains last Thursday, John was hospitalized where