Category: Artist Spotlight and Interviews

California Report: Old-time neo-traditional roots artist Evie Ladin

Oakland based Evie Ladin has a long list of music credentials, including banjo player, singer, songwriter, percussive-dancer, choreographer, square-dance caller, and…

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Deanie Richardson – Our reigning IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year

What an interesting and inspiring story Deanie Richardson has to tell. She fiddles with the IBMA nominated all female bluegrass group…

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Graham Sharp of Steep Canyon Rangers talks Arm In Arm

When the Steep Canyon Rangers started playing together, they had no intention of becoming a band, much less professional musicians. Banjo…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Jessie & The Gents offer a Swiss bluegrass sound

Mountains have always been an integral component as far as bluegrass and traditional music is concerned. Songs that reflect the inspiration…

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The Bean Song – Kathy Wigman Lesnock’s journey to Crandall Creek

Kathy Wigman Lesnock was born and reared in a home where country music and singing were as natural as breathing.  From…

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California Report: Old-Time fiddler and guitarist Karen Celia Heil

This is an update of a previous interview for the California Bluegrass Association Bluegrass Breakdown where I had the opportunity to…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Norway’s Malin Petersen shares the benefits of bluegrass

Malin Petersen is what some folks might refer to as bi-continental. Raised in Norway by parents that considered themselves steadfast music…

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Ray Cardwell – Passing it On

The Ray Cardwell profile is a contribution by Dale McCurry with Bambi Grinder, founders of NoteWorthy Music in Springfield, MO. “I’m doing a…

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Moments in Bluegrass: BG75 #10 – Mike Kear learns to love bluegrass in New Zealand

Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75…

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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Duo RO serves up bluegrass from Russia with Love

One of the first countries to ever reflect the extent of America’s musical influence was the Soviet Union. Even at the…

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