Sully Tuttle at Siesta Valley Strings & Things (7/31/22) - photo © Mary Ann Goldstein Sullivan (Sully) Tuttle, known for his ferocious guitar playing in the exciting national touring band, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, is a member of the Tuttle
Bluegrass Today Profiles
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Italy’s LouTente & the Cameltoes
Hailing from the picturesque city of Asti, Italy, LouTente & the Cameltoes is a captivating combo that opted to pursue the bluegrass basics in 2015. There origins can be traced back to the fact that upright bassist and mandolin player
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What is Jerry Garcia doing in Owensboro?
This report on the new temporary exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Jerry Garcia - A Bluegrass Journey, is a contribution from Steve Levine, a life long concert photographer and writer in Austin, TX. Nicknamed "Captain Trips,"
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WSVS celebrates 77 years of bluegrass and “pure country” in Crewe, VA
This report is a contribution from Tasker Fleming, host of the Front Porch Bluegrass Show which airs on WSPC (Albemarle, NC), WIZS (Henderson, NC), and WSVS (Crewe, VA), plus live streaming on Nextdoorradio.com. It celebrates the long history of WSVS
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Country GongBang returning to the US
South Korea's Country GongBang demonstrates that the basics of bluegrass aren't limited exclusively to the realms of the western world. Since we last profiled the band, they received the 2023 IBMA International Band Performance Grant, a credit to their credibility
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Josh Bergmann of High Lonesome – bluegrass without biceps
Colorado is a state that as many know has a thriving bluegrass scene. From Hot Rize to the Yonder Mountain String Band, many of the genre's well loved artists originated in that area. One of the newer bands in that
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Kentucky bluegrass icon Styx Hicks in the hospital
Styx Hicks with his good buddy, Marty Raybon, holding a classic Styx t-shirt One of the most ultimately rewarding facets of the bluegrass community is the many wonderful people you meet attending shows and festivals. How many times have you returned
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Caludo brings Appalachian sounds from the Swiss Alps
Switzerland and Appalachia may not have much in common, but they do share a similarity when in comes to their higher elevations. So it hardly seems a surprise that the band known as Caludo found common cause when it came
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Missy Raines talks Highlander, and shares new music video
Missy Raines & Allegheny - photo © Natia Cinco With her new album, Highlander, acclaimed vocalist and bassist Missy Raines makes a concerted return to her bluegrass roots. An ode to her native West Virginia, it is, in her words, a
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California Report – Fiddler Mikki Feeney on contests and more
Willow California fiddler, Mikki Feeney is no stranger to the Northern California camp and jam scene. I first came across Mikki wandering the grounds of the California Bluegrass Association Spring Campout at the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds. This year the