Popular South Carolina grassers Backline have announced that founding member Travis Tucker is stepping away from the band due to time constraints. Travis has played resophonic guitar with the group from the time they started seven years ago, and says
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Mama’s Cross from Lorraine Jordan, with Donna Ulisse
The latest single from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road is a very special Mother's Day song that Lorraine wrote with Donna Ulisse. With both of their moms, and the upcoming Mother's Day in mind, Pinecastle Records is giving away copies
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A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs – Infamous Stringdusters
Accorded a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album for their previous album, A Tribute To Bill Monroe, it's hardly surprising that the Infamous Stringdusters would follow up with a shout-out to yet another indelible influence, that of Lester Flatt and
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Artist at Large: Sierra Hull pushes the limits of her music
Sierra Hull - photo © Steve Levine Mandolin superstar Sierra Hull says 2023 won't match last year's marathon touring schedule of nearly 200 appearances. She's staying home more and hitting some old familiar spots this year. But Hull is also popping
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Rick Lang performs Great Stone Face at New Hampshire State House
Councilor Janet Stevens, Councilor Cinde Warmington, Councilor Joseph Kenney, Bob Dick with bass, Governor Sununu, Rick Lang with guitar, Councilor David Wheeler, Councilor Theodore Gatsas - photo courtesy of the Governor's Office Bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang was invited to perform Great
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If I Didn’t Love You from Jana Mougin
It's been quite some time since we've heard new music from Jana Mougin. An experienced touring artist, she spent ten years with Fragment, one of the most successful European bluegrass acts in her native Slovakiac, as Jana Dolakova. Now living
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Gordon Lightfoot remembered
Legendary Canadian folk music star Gordon Lightfoot passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Monday evening, May 1, 2023. Age 84, he died of natural causes. The singer-songwriter's most enduring works include If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Carefree
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Amy Orlomoski inducted into Rhode Island Bluegrass Hall of Fame
RIBA President Sal Sauco and Amy Orlomoski at her Hall of Fame induction - photo by Diane Petit Long time bluegrass radio host Amy Orlomoski was inducted last week into the Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance Hall of Fame, along with the
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Uncle Lloyd from Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road
Trailhead Records has released a debut single from a new project from Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road. Bluegrass fans remember Liam when he first appeared as the teen leader of a very young Cane Mill Road several years ago. They
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Lazy Grass String Band from Toulouse
Hailing from the South of France, specifically the city of Toulouse, Lazy Grass String Band aren't at all the lethargic ensemble their name might imply. The five piece band — which consists of Babou Desmidt on double bass and backing