Based in the Czech Republic, Professional Deformation is a relatively new band, but one borne from plenty of professional experience. Each of the musicians involved — Jakub Racek (guitar, vocal), Radek Vaňkát (reso-guitar, vocal), Petr Vošta (banjo, vocal) and Karel
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Snuffy Smith – long time North Carolina picker retiring
Retirement is a goal for most people. Retirement from a lifetime of playing bluegrass music is rare. Retirement from performing 50 years with the same band is unheard of in bluegrass. Yet that is just what Thomas Lee "Snuffy" Smith
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California Report: Kathy Kallick on songwriting and the Kathy Kallick Band
Kathy Kallick has won a Grammy, two IBMA Awards, and is a recipient of a Lifetime Membership from the California Bluegrass Association. She co-founded the internationally acclaimed Good Ol' Persons, and has released twenty-two albums. She's played with many of the country's top roots musicians – including her
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On This Day #65 – Cecil Surratt
On this day … On August 17, 1926, Cecil Surratt was born in Premier, near Coalwood in McDowell County, West Virginia. He was one of eight children. There were about ten generations of guitar pickers on his father's side. So, it wasn't
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Craig Duncan – a bluegrass music businessman
Who is Craig Duncan? A member of the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame, recipient of 2018 Dove Award's Instrumental Album of the Year, and a member of Who's Who in Music and Musicians, he is quite an accomplished musician.
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: The Often Herd find a fair exchange
Anyone who's delved into the history of popular music knows that there's always been a free exchange of ideas and influences going back and forth between the US and the UK. One link began early on, when the English adopted
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Béla Fleck and Jamie Barton In Song for San Francisco Opera
Béla Fleck is certainly in the news this week. A few days ago we had the first music from his upcoming all star album, My Bluegrass Heart, and now we can share a video he created with Jamie Barton for
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Billy Troy’s battle with COVID – a close brush with mortality
"It's been tough for all of us entertainers," began Billy Troy, son of famed reso-guitarist, Josh Graves. The past year was especially difficult for this professional singer/musician in particular. He nearly died after contracting COVID-19. In 2007, Troy had left his Nashville
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Adeline responds to shutdowns with new music
When is a supergroup not a supergroup? Answer: when they eschew any serious suggestion that they are. Consequently, when a gathering of seasoned Canadian old time and bluegrass players sequestered themselves for three productive days in a cabin set in
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Anders Beck talks Greensky Bluegrass and the two paths they tread
Anders Beck and Greensky Bluegrass at Shagbark Farm in Michigan (7/16/21) - photo © Bryan Bolea Greensky Bluegrass straddles two worlds, one that nods towards bluegrass and the other that uses it as a springboard for seeking other plateaus. While their