Category: Artist Spotlight and Interviews

Bluegrass Beyond Borders: 4-Star Grass from Germany

The Rheinstetten-based band, 4-Star Grass, epitomizes what it means to hold international stature. Founded ten years ago, its members hail not…

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The Fiddle Maker – the story of Don Hunt

Don Hunt with one of his grandsons in the shop; Scott Hunt with his blue fiddle While perusing social media, I…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: The Cherry Pickers from Down Under

The Cherry Pickers – photo by Silver Spring Photography When asked to describe his band’s take on bluegrass, Mark Bandick, the…

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Andy Hall talks Infamous Stringdusters and Towards The Fray

Infamous Stringdusters have always pursued their own muse. While they retain an obvious allegiance to bluegrass, they’ve never felt obligated to…

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Amanda Gore – part of the future of bluegrass

Amanda Gore is a multi-tasking individual, but given her devotion to bluegrass and all it entails, she clearly wouldn’t have it…

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Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival: the music that fills the hills 

Mike Fiorito will be covering Grey Fox for us this year on site. This preview covers his investigation into the festival’s…

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California Report: Mandolinist John Reischman

John Reischman – photo by Snap Jackson Grammy winner, mandolinist, composer, and instructor John Reischman has way too many credentials to…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: FlamenGrass plays flamenco with banjo and fiddle

As noted in last month’s Bluegrass Today review of their current album, Alegria, FlamenGrass defy the notion that bluegrass and flamenco are…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Canadian duo Mama’s Broke mixes it up

Mama’s Broke is a duo from Canada’s Maritimes that’s comprised of two devoted road warriors, Lisa Maria (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, banjo,…

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Rodney Dillard looks back on his music career at 80 years young

Even as late as the early ’60s, bluegrass was largely ignored by the mainstream folk and country community. Mostly referred to…

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