This is the first in a fun new series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love. Welcome, Niall Toner. What would
Author: Richard Thompson
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Michael Cleveland live on Bluegrass Junction
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper are featured live on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction this week. You can join fiddler Cleveland, Glenn Gibson (banjo and resophonic guitar), Nathan Livers (mandolin), Tyler Griffith (bass) and Joshua Richards (guitar) as they visit Kyle Cantrell and play
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The Story Behind The Song – Jacob’s Dream
Jacob’s Dream is based on a true story about two boys, Joseph, aged five, and George Cox , aged six, who were lost in the in the dense forest of Spruce Hollow, in the Allegheny Mountain region of Pennsylvania. Two
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Raleigh Adventure?
I got this note from Jan Johansson, the Swedish fiddle player and teacher who currently resides in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh is, of course, venue for the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass convention later this year (Raleigh
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IBMA announces Leadership Bluegrass class of 2013
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has announced the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2013. The intensive, three-day program, which was hosted at BMI, and Bone McAllester Norton PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee, and took place from Thursday through to Saturday, March
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On this Day #10 – Live At The Ragged Edge
On March 12, 2002, Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland recorded Live At The Ragged Edge (Rounder 82161-0539-2). Tom Adams (banjo) and Michael Cleveland (fiddle) got together for an evening of live music at the Ragged Edge Coffeehouse in Gettysburg, PA, for
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Young Uns #1 – Paige Anderson and the Fearless Kin
We never cease to be enchanted by the youthful vigour of young musical talent. Young Uns in bluegrass go back as far as Earl Scruggs pictured with his banjo-playing older brother Junie. Since then, there has been a young Sonny Osborne
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Kim Robins – 40 Years Late
“I started writing in 2007 and decided to put my songs on a demo CD. The engineer thought we had something special so we contacted some musician friends of mine and the CD was born. The title of the album
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America the Beautiful recognizes Jerusalem Ridge
Amidst the on-going shenanigans connected with the use of Bill Monroe’s name, America the Beautiful marketing agency has recognized the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration for what it is, a great festival of traditional bluegrass music. The Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration is
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Banjo… banjo… banjo on Prairie Home Companion
A Prairie Home Companion will on this week's radio show be presenting three individually distinctive banjo players; Bill Evans, educator, composer and author; the progressive Noam Pikelny; and innovative old-time picker Joe Newberry. Also on the show are traditional county music