When a band takes a name like The Tennessee Studs, it's incumbent upon them to stir their sound with authenticity. Fortunately, this Dutch quintet manages to do just that. The band — which consists of a Canadian, three Dutchmen and
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Musique Acoustique promotes bluegrass music in Belgium
They take tradition seriously in Belgium, and that devotion to the cause extends to their musical mantra as well. Musique Acoustique — translation: Acoustic Music — has been around since 1985 and has become a primary proponent for promoting bluegrass and
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BBB & Legacy Grass keep Byron Berline’s music alive
This story is a contribution from Tom Dunning, a photographer based in Edmond Oklahoma who enjoys music, especially bluegrass and roots music. He is a former newspaper reporter and communications director with a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Swiss bluegrass with The Long John Brothers
It took the Swiss bluegrass band The Long John Brothers only a few years to get to the stage they're on now. First formed in 2012, their present line-up coalesced three years later, and remains the same today. The group
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California Report: Tessa Schwartz, North Country Blue and CBA Youth Ambassador
I received this email from CBA Youth Coordinator/Honorary President Emerita and Darby Brandi which describes Tessa better than I can. "Dave, a great interview subject would be the young fiddle phenom, Tessa Schwartz, who is stepping down as Youth Ambassador in
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On This Day #66 – First Bill Monroe recording with Flatt & Scruggs
On September 16, 1946, Bill Monroe recorded for the first time with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. These two evening sessions, 75 years ago today, were the first involving the aggregation acclaimed as the 'original bluegrass band,' comprising Bill Monroe
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Portuguese banjo man Andre Dal
I don't consider myself as a solo performer because first and foremost, Portugal is a country where bluegrass music is almost unknown, and it's very hard to book gigs as a band, and even worse as a solo banjo performer,”
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Jerry Salley and Billy Blue Records
Billy Blue Records in Nashville, TN, is fast becoming one of the premiere labels in bluegrass music. In just over three years, Jerry Salley and his team have signed an impressive list of performing artists, and released attention getting projects.
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Circus No. 9 back at it post pandemic
Circus No. 9, a progressive bluegrass band out of East Tennessee is back on the road this summer. We met up with them at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT where they played two sets on Friday, and then
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Meet Pat Morris, new IBMA Executive Director
For most IBMA members, this year's World of Bluegrass convention will be their first chance to meet Pat Morris, the newly-installed Executive Director of the organization who took over for Paul Schiminger in June of this year. These first few