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Bluegrass Today Profiles

  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Stone Bones & Bad Spaghetti from Portugal

    October 4, 2018 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Making music can be a lonely profession at times, given the fact that there’s often a lot of travel involved, considerable time spent away from home, and interaction with people don’t always relate to a musician’s MO. Likewise, when you’re in

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  • The Infamous Stringdusters – from bluegrass to newgrass to grassicana

    September 28, 2018 | by Lee Zimmerman

    The Infamous Stringdusters at Red Rocks - photo by J.Mimna Photography It’s a Tuesday night in Knoxville Tennessee and although it could be considered an off night, an audience is being energized by a performance from the Infamous Stringdusters who are onstage

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  • Kristin Scott Benson talks about the Steve Martin Prize

    September 25, 2018 | by John Lawless

    We were finally able to catch up with Kristin Scott Benson today, the 2018 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. When the prize was announced yesterday morning, she had a busy day of teaching scheduled,

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Sweden’s Blue Mountain Boys assert their authenticity

    September 20, 2018 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Sweden may be one of the last places on the planet where one might expect to find an active bluegrass band, complete with the suits, savvy, and style that easily ensures authenticity. So credit the Blue Mountain Boys for staying

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  • Ron Block talks Banjophony

    September 19, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Ron Block has been an icon in the bluegrass banjo world for at least the last 25 years, the time he has been part of Alison Krauss & Union Station. Though he also plays guitar with Alison, the banjo world

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  • Having a Coffee with … Greg Cahill

    September 11, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love.   Greg Cahill is the lynch-pin for Special Consensus, having

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  • Jerry Douglas on life as a traveling troubadour

    September 7, 2018 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Jerry Douglas is a multi-tasker. When he performed at Jam in the Trees festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina recently, he played solo, and then later that night, he made one of his frequent guest appearances with the Shooter Jennings

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: No Strings Attached bridge Appalachia and India

    September 6, 2018 | by Lee Zimmerman

    If there’s any doubt whatsoever that bluegrass boasts a wide reach, one need only look to the furtherest realms imaginable. Take India for example. Granted, that may be the last place on earth one might expect to find a musician

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  • On This Day #56 – Sawtooth Mountain Boys

    September 5, 2018 | by Richard Thompson

    On this day .. On September 4 and 5, 1993, the Sawtooth Mountain Boys played at Wolf Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Grass Valley, California.  A traditional bluegrass band established in 1964, the Sawtooth Mountain Boys consisted of Mike Eisler (fiddle), Steve Waller (mandolin,

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  • Tim Shelton says goodbye to NewFound Road in 2019

    August 27, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Rumors of the demise of NewFound Road have been greatly exaggerated in recent years, but founder and lead singer Tim Shelton tells us that this time, it's for real. The popular bluegrass group launched in 2001 as a Gospel act,

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