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Bluegrass Today Profiles

  • Amanda Gore – part of the future of bluegrass

    June 13, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Amanda Gore is a multi-tasking individual, but given her devotion to bluegrass and all it entails, she clearly wouldn't have it any other way. So too, the fact that she's funneled that enthusiasm from an early age, still provides all

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  • Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival: the music that fills the hills 

    June 10, 2022 | by Mike Fiorito

    Mike Fiorito will be covering Grey Fox for us this year on site. This preview covers his investigation into the festival's history and enduring appeal. The documentary Bluegrass Journey opens with a shot of Jerry Douglas and Chris Thile trading licks

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  • California Report: Mandolinist John Reischman

    June 6, 2022 | by Dave Berry

    John Reischman - photo by Snap Jackson Grammy winner, mandolinist, composer, and instructor John Reischman has way too many credentials to be listed here. His bio tells the story of a musician's musician and master of many styles, yet his sound

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: FlamenGrass plays flamenco with banjo and fiddle

    June 2, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    As noted in last month's Bluegrass Today review of their current album, Alegria, FlamenGrass defy the notion that bluegrass and flamenco are mutually exclusive. The Barcelo-based band — Lluis Gomez (5-string banjo), Carol Duran (violin/fiddle), Maribel Rivero (vocals, stand-up bass), and Javier

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Canadian duo Mama’s Broke mixes it up

    May 19, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Mama's Broke is a duo from Canada's Maritimes that's comprised of two devoted road warriors, Lisa Maria (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar) and Amy Lou Keeler (vocals, guitar, banjo, fiddlesticks). Their sound is borne from a traditional template that encompasses

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  • Rodney Dillard looks back on his music career at 80 years young

    May 18, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Even as late as the early '60s, bluegrass was largely ignored by the mainstream folk and country community. Mostly referred to as "hillbilly music," it was a sound confined to back porches and community hoedowns in rural Appalachia in the

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  • Raymond McLain retires from Morehead State University

    May 9, 2022 | by Guest Contributor

    This article on the retirement of celebrated bluegrass educator Raymond McLain was written by Olyvia Neal, editor of The Trail Blazer, Morehead State University's student newspaper, where it first appeared. She also took the photos that accompany this piece. When Raymond McLain

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: o Bardo e o Banjo from Brazil

    May 5, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    o Bardo e o Banjo may be starting a new trend, at least as far as the connection between Brazil and bluegrass is concerned. Now celebrating the ten year anniversary of their founding, a happy occurrence that resulted from Wagner

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  • California Report: Ida Winfree, former CBA Teen Ambassador

    April 27, 2022 | by Dave Berry

    California Bluegrass Association member Ida Winfree is a former CBA Youth Ambassador. She plays mandolin and guitar in two bands—North Country Blue and West 45. She's currently based in the California Central Valley town of Turlock, and when not playing

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Ireland’s Mules and Men

    April 21, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    It ought to come as no surprise that an Irish band would be drawn to the basics of bluegrass. After all, its origins were spawned from the music of Ireland, Scotland, and the whole of the British Isles. That said,

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