Béla Fleck took the Carnegie stage and brought that hallowed hall to a place I am sure it has never quite been before. Smiley, tie-dyed festivarians joined the bejeweled Manhattan proper to celebrate something undeniably near and dear to America's heart:
Bluegrass Today Profiles
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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 internet radio show. The music lover stated, "My radio show goes out every Tuesday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
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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 Time Radio Hour. The star-studded program featured such super pickers and singers such as Scott Vestal, John Cowan, Marty
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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 particular. Yet for Joey Capoccia, vocalist and guitarist of the Olympia, Washington-based band, The Pine Hearts, it did just
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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— and their first effort as a duo — makes its clear they are solidly in sync. Rogers, lead singer and
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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 Americana, bluegrass, soul, and old-time music and have been featured on the same bill with notable acts such as
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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 in terrain, given that its mountains and far flung environs boast a certain similarity to upper realms of Appalachia.
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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 York, took place. The presenter then, as now, was the award-winning Bill Knowlton. Knowlton's experience as a broadcaster of bluegrass music
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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 ocean. Their purpose is to celebrate the contributions their Scottish forebears made to this country's traditional tapestry — that
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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 and talented banjo student, he decided to form a band that would allow him to bring his pupil's skills