On this day … On May 21, 1999, Steve Earle accompanied by The Del McCoury Band performed at the Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England, in a UK tour to promote their recently released collaboration, The Mountain (E-Squared /
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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Wayne Henderson recovering at home after surgery
Wayne Henderson, celebrated guitarist and luthier from southwestern Virginia, is back at home recovering slowly after undergoing surgery on May 13. The 73 year master builder of Henderson guitars and founder of the annual Wayne Henderson Festival had been briefly hospitalized to
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Bluegrass motivation from Jack Tottle in Hawaii
Jack Tottle (far right) with friends picking on his porch on the Big Island Chris Wejrowski, Anne Pontius, Jim Blue, Phyllis Erck, Forrest Arnold, Jack Tottle This bit of practice motivation for bluegrass pickers comes from Jack Tottle, founder and Professor Emeritus
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Honor Your Superhero with Jason Barie
Do you know what today is? It's National Superhero Day, when we are encouraged to honor superheroes, both real and fictional. Young and old, we can most of us remember having a favorite comic book hero, be it Superman, Wonder
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Richard Greene photographer
Richard Greene is well known as an innovative and influential fiddle player who first attained prominence with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys in 1966. Alongside his musical life Greene has, starting as a young teenager, been obsessed with
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Lizzy Long recovering after serious auto accident
Lizzy Long, one half of the popular bluegrass act Little Roy & Lizzy, was in a frightful automobile accident on Friday afternoon. Long was alone in her truck when she lost control, went off the road and flipped several times. Fortunately
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Congratulations Jesse and Sarah!
Jesse Smathers, mandolinist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band, and Sarah Farley were married on April 4 in a small private ceremony in Virginia. Jesse tells us that their initial wedding plans were quashed by the state imposed requirements for social
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Andy Statman recovers from corona virus in NY
Bluegrass mandolin and klezmer clarinet maestro Andy Statman is reporting that he has recovered from the corona virus, at his home in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. His wife, Barbara, also exhibited symptoms, but they are both primarily recovered and
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Stimulus checks approved – not in the mail yet (Updated)
Help is on the way for musicians and other Americans feeling an economic pinch from the coronavirus and its negative impact on jobs and the economy. Congressional leaders from both parties approved a $2 trillion stimulus package, which includes payments to
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Aid for musicians seems likely as government responds to virus
The White House and Congress are negotiating the details of emergency aid that will likely include money for musicians and others who participate in the so-called gig economy. President Trump said this afternoon that the size of checks mailed to Americans