For those of you who might be in a hurry, here’s the abridged version right up front: Pretty Good For A Girl, Murphy Hicks Henry's epic history of women in bluegrass music, is a magnificent and important work, and if
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Dueling Gospel singers in Montana
When Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers rolled into Butte, MT for a show this past Sunday at the Montana Folk Festival, they discovered that they were sharing the bill with The Birmingham Sunlights from Alabama. Both were scheduled for the Sacred
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Doyle’s blooper reel
While working in the studio on their Classic History album, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver had the cameras rolling to capture footage for a promo video for Doyle's new Family of Friends fan club. The CD, only available to Family of
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What is going on with Gibson Banjos?
Long before Les Paul started thinking about solid body electric guitars, the Gibson company - then located in Kalamazoo, MI - was known as one of the premier makers of banjos in the US. They provided tenors for the explosion
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On This Day # 15 – Richard Underwood
On This Day …. On July 14, 1956, Richard Underwood was born in Seabrook, Maryland. The 57 year old is best known for his hard-driving banjo playing for the Johnson Mountain Boys, that great neo-traditional band of the 1980s. Underwood first experienced bluegrass
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The Bluegrass Album from Alan Jackson
Country music mega-star Alan Jackson has been threatening to cut a bluegrass album for the past few years, dropping hints in interviews and tantalizing the substantial crossover between country and bluegrass fans. When he brought Alison Krauss in to produce his
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Celebrate the big 8-0 with Bobby Hicks
Bobby Hicks is coming up on a major milestone. On July 21, 2013, the iconic fiddler will turn 80 years old, and is inviting family, friends, and fans to join him for a celebratory concert that afternoon in Marshall, NC. Hicks
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Harry Lane passes
Harry Lane, noted boutique banjo builder, and artisan craftsman, passed away early Tuesday morning (7/9) in Savannah, GA after a brief and ultimately terminal battle with brain cancer. He was 72 years of age, born December 1, 1941 as Raymond
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 7/9/13
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a report on this weekend's Remington Ryde Festival in Pennsylvania - and a return of the Blooper Reel.
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Toogaroo – Covered Grass
It's always difficult to know what to expect when you hear that a bluegrass band is made up of people who have no background in bluegrass music. Will the album simply be covers of old classics? Pop music with banjo? Or,