It's always exciting to discover new talent, especially among young people, which is just what happed at the IBMA World of Bluegrass when Jaelyn Taylor & 21 South poked their heads into the media room during the weekend's Bluegrass Live!
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Video Premiere: You’ve Rambled Too Long from Martha Spencer
Virginia old time and Americana artist Martha Spencer has created a live music video for one of the songs on her current album, Wonderland. She surprised some of her fans with the uptown swing influence on some of the tracks,
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Takarakuza Bluegrass Festival in Japan celebrates 50 years
The Takarazuka Festival in Japan is recognized as the third oldest ongoing bluegrass festival in the world, after Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom and Ralph Stanley's Hills of Home Festival in McClure, Virginia. The first festival was held on the stage of
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: The Shiny Moonlit Boys Bluegrass Band from The Netherlands
The Dutch are adept at bluegrass. One need only reference The Shiny Moonlit Boys Bluegrass Band to come to that conclusion. The band — Sebastiaan Lit (guitar, lead vocals), Mark Schilder (banjo, tenor vocals), Jean Paul Joosten (mandolin, baritone vocals),
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Sterling Drake and Luke Munday pick and sing for Recording King
The Recording King company has figured out that a good way to let potential buyers hear how their lower-priced, Asian-made instruments sound is to put them in the hands of top pickers for a demonstration. And they have done just that,
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Giving Up On You from Lost & Found
Mountain Fever Records has released another single from the final recording from southwest Virginia bluegrass stalwarts Lost & Found. This legendary group hasn't been active for some time, owing largely to the difficulty founder, bass player, and vocalist Allen Mills has
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Jason Carter talks Lowdown Hoedown
Jason Carter, prolific fiddler and mainstay of both The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin' McCourys, has a new album releasing this week, his first in 25 years. If you've caught his fiery performances on stage, or in the studio
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Walk On Faith – The King James Boys
Since 1994 The King James Boys have spread the gospel message through the sounds of traditional bluegrass music. Their latest release, Walk On Faith, shows the group's masterful combination of styles along with strong original material. The album's title cut, Walk On Faith, written by
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From The Side of the Road… what we say, what we mean
We sometimes exaggerate in bluegrass music as a way of compensating for the fact that we aren't generally playing music for a mass market audience. And, even though most of us actually like that smaller-scale community feel of our music
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Seasons of Love from Tina Adair
One of our very favorite bluegrass singers, Tina Adair, is back with a new single today from Engelhardt Music Group. Seasons of Love is a bluesy grasser from Glen Duncan, Adam Engelhardt, Don McAfee, and Eddie Sanders, which Tina gives her