The Stanley Brothers’ 1951 Columbia release of the classic song, I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow, is among the 2020 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductees. The Stanley Brothers, Carter (guitar) and Ralph (banjo), along with the Clinch Mountain Boys – Pee Wee
Author: Richard Thompson
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Marking 100th anniversary of Curly Seckler’s birth
Years ending in “9” figure quite prominently in the life of Curly Seckler. John Ray Seckler (or Sechler) was born a few miles north-east of China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina, in December 1919; in 1949 he joined Lester Flatt, Earl
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Rick Townend – Jan Jerrold Award winner 2019
Rick Townend, who has been playing bluegrass music since he was a schoolboy, is the 2019 recipient of the British Bluegrass Music Association’s Jan Jerrold Award. The award salver was presented in his absence at the association’s recent AGM held
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Lamar Grier passes
Lamar Grier, banjo player with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and the Strange Creek Singers, among other notable names, passed away on Tuesday December 10, 2019. He was 81 years of age. Born on April 15, 1938, Philip Lamar Grier Jr
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Gospel Choices with Bob Amos
Here’s a further contribution of an occasional feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five Gospel songs. This week we hear from Bob Amos who has a particular love for the songs on an early 1970s Ralph
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Fiddler Ray Legere honored by home province
One of Canada’s top fiddle and mandolin players, Ray Legere, was inducted into the Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame on September 14, 2019. Legere shared this reaction to his honor…. "I’m truly grateful for the induction. Meeting friends through music,
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Young Uns – Brayden Williamson
Watching the Grass Grow is a recent song written by the subject of this Young Uns feature, Brayden Williamson. In it he talks about the youth of bluegrass growing in the music, and how the pioneers of the music inspired them
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On This Day #57… Stanley Brothers Gospel
On November 22, 1964, the Stanley Brothers began a few days of recording in Baltimore for radio personality Ray Davis. Over a three-day period the Stanley Brothers committed 22 Gospel songs to tape. They were released on two albums on the
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Two classic Seldom Scene CDs re-mastered and re-packaged
The recently re-mastered and re-packaged edition of the Seldom Scene's classic best-selling release from Rebel Records, Live at The Cellar Door, is now available. Recorded in December 1974 at a small but popular club in Washington DC, the eclectic collection was
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Bluegrass Young Uns – Hadassah White
Hadassah White is a diverse vocalist with a wide skill set. She performs bluegrass, country, traditional and contemporary Gospel, Broadway show tunes and even some opera. Some of her more popular songs include Coat of Many Colors and Wildflowers, both