Category: Artist Spotlight and Interviews

Tony Friel, Ireland’s Bluegrass Boy

Tony Friel plays bluegrass on Donegal Bay Radio in northern Ireland. Known as the Bluegrass Boy, he hosts a weekly bluegrass…

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12 year old Ashlyn Smith recognized for her flatpicking skills

Ashlyn Smith, a 12-year-old flatpicker from Louisville, KY, participated in a tribute to Tony Rice last month on the Woodsongs Old…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Pine Hearts find inspiration all over the world

One wouldn’t necessarily expect that serving a stint in Antartica would be the inspiration for making music, and bluegrass music in…

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Thomm Jutz and Tammy Rogers bask in the joys of bluegrass

Thomm Jutz and Tammy Rogers may operate in slightly different spheres, but Surely Will Be Singing, their aptly dubbed new album—…

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California Report: Snap Jackson

Snap Jackson and his band, the Knock on Wood Players, are an award-winning acoustic quartet hailing from Stockton, California. They blend…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Finnish grass from Self Rising Flour

Granted, Finland isn’t a place that one would normally associate with bluegrass. On the other hand, there is a certain similarity…

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On This Day #67 – Bill Knowlton’s Bluegrass Ramble debuts in 1973

On this day …..  On January 21, 1973, the first broadcast of the Bluegrass Ramble radio show on WCNY-FM Syracuse, New…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Homecoming String Band plays Scottish style

Scotland’s Homecoming String Band is more than merely a bluegrass band that happens to hail from the opposite side of the…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Rookie Riot teaches young Swedes to play bluegrass

Anders Ternesten, guitarist, banjo player, and co-founder of the Swedish band, Dunderhead, is a man with a mission. After mentoring a young…

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Authentic Unlimited to debut at Bluegrass First Class

Authentic Unlimited – photo © Laci Mack Authentic Unlimited, the newest big thing in bluegrass, is slated to debut at Bluegrass…

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