Prague-based banjo and mandolin builder, Rosťa Čapek, is having a double celebration in the spring - his 55th birthday, and the fifth wedding anniversary of what his wife, Iva, describes as "our Big Bluegrass Wedding." To mark these occasions, he
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Lonesome – Hillbilly Fever
Hillbilly Fever is a band I first became acquainted with during my brief career as a booking agent. When I began a working relationship with the group, they were in the early stages of their journey, figuring out who they
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Deeper in Love – new single from Carley Arrowood
North Carolina bluegrass singer and fiddler Carley Arrowood is back with a tease from her upcoming second album with Mountain Home Music. This first single is a swift moving grasser called Deeper in Love, a positive look at romance when you
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From The Side of the Road… It’s the law! (part 2)
Last week we unveiled some of the bluegrass laws contained in recently discovered ancient scrolls from 1978. So as not overwhelm you with legalism, we've broken this up into two segments. I shall now, slowly, open the second seal, which
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John Meador signs with Billy Blue Publishing
Ed Leonard, John Meador, and Joe Dan Cornett with Billy Blue Publishing John Meador, tenor vocalist and guitarist, and one of several talented songwriters with Authentic Unlimited, has been announced as the newest signee with Billy Blue Publishing. The company is
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Black Vinyl 45 from Retro 78
Speaking of the SPBGMA International Band Championship, the 2022 winners, Retro 78, have signed a record deal and released their first single after taking Nashville by storm last year. The group consists of six friends from across the Carolinas who got
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Waddington Brothers take 2023 SPBGMA Band Championship
When the 2023 SPBGMA International Band Championship was decided last month in Nashville, the The Waddington Brothers, from southwest North Dakota, were declared the winners. Over multiple rounds, they came out on top out of 15 competing groups during the
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Warren Blair to Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road welcome a new fiddle player, Warren Blair, for their 2023 season. Jordan shared... "Matt Hooper, who had been with the band for six years, is taking some time off the road. He will be staying close to
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Keep A Memory from Jason Barie, featuring Russell Moore and Doyle Lawson
Billy Blue Records has a new single for Jason Barie, fiddler with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, who is also a well-regarded luthier and recording artist on his own. It's a track from his upcoming full-length project, Radioactive, due
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Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass in Cambridge, MA
This review is a contribution from bluegrass guitarist and educator, Tony Watt, who manages Bluegrass Tuesdays in Cambridge, MA. This past Saturday, Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass headlined the first-ever Saturday night bluegrass show at Lily P’s Fried Chicken &