This report on bluegrass icon George Shuffler is a contribution from Richard Thompson and James Alan Shelton. Crosspicking bluegrass guitar pioneer George Shuffler is to be inducted into Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at a
Author: Richard Thompson
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Gospel Choices #2 – Gary Reid’s five favorite gospel songs
Here’s the second episode of a periodic feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five bluegrass gospel songs. This week we hear from Gary B Reid, an award winning writer with a particular focus on the music
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On This Day #17 – Scotty Stoneman
On this day …. On August 4, 1932, Calvin Scott Stoneman was born in Galax, Virginia. He was the tenth child of 23 children of Ernest "Pop" and Hattie Frost Stoneman. Pop was a multi-instrumentalist who was seemingly good on every instrument
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Marty Raybon & Full Circle – The Back Forty
The Back Forty, so called to mark Marty Raybon’s 40th anniversary in the music business, is his latest release on the Rural Rhythm label (RR 1111). It consists of 10 songs, half of which Raybon helped to write and each
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Having a Coffee with ……………. Derek Halsey
This is the fifth in a fun new series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so well known, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love. Our guest today
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Young Uns #2 – Ashley Lilly
“When we saw first saw Ashley her father, Dr. Everett Lilly, said she was just starting to sing publicly. It was at WOB 2008, and she was 10 years old. I believe that was the last year of the Roots
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On This Day #16 – Andy Townend
On this day …. On July 21, 1998, ace British mandolin player Andy Townend passed away in the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, after a short illness. He was aged 46. Born on January 12, 1952, he was a
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The Churchmen release new CD
Bluegrass Gospel favorites, The Churchmen, have released their brand new album, Mercy Road, on Mountain Fever Records. After a hiatus extending to five years the CD is the quartet’s debut for the label. The first single from the album, Bread and Water,
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Salmon and Ale make Good Combination
Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado has announced a link-up with jam grass band Leftover Salmon, also from Colorado. The arrangement facilitates the delivery of new recordings from Leftover Salmon exclusively through Breckenridge beers. The band will release four original songs from July to
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IBMM wins Kentucky Governor’s Arts Award
The Kentucky Arts Council has recognized Owensboro's International Bluegrass Music Museum for maintaining an environment in which people can discover bluegrass music. In announcing the 2013 recipients of the award, the Kentucky Arts Council noted ………… “In 1985, the International Bluegrass Music