Charlotte, NC will be the home for a new music festival this summer, with plenty of bluegrass and jamgrass in the mix. The Queen City Jam Session joins the ranks of the fastest growing live music phenomenon, the urban festival
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Route 3 to Pinecastle Records, with a new single
From Purdy, Missouri comes Route 3, the newest signees with Pinecastle Records, who have a debut single on the label released today. They have been a hot commodity in the Ozark region for some time, and are ready to make the
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Photos from the 2022 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival
Ralph Stanley II at the 2022 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival - photo by Ted Lehmann This report, with photos, is a contribution from Ted Lehmann, one of the more prolific writers and photographers in bluegrass music for many years. Now retired,
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Cosmic Banjo – Michael Johnathon
As anyone even vaguely familiar with the instrument will tell you, the banjo had its origins in Africa long before it became synonymous with bluegrass and other forms of folk music. Nevertheless, the indelible imprint it's made on esoteric American
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50th annual Charlotte Bluegrass Festival report
Authentic Unlimited at the 50th annual Charlotte Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 50th Charlotte Bluegrass Festival is in the books. No tornado, and only one very light rain shower for part of the final act. It was a
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The Fiddle Maker – the story of Don Hunt
Don Hunt with one of his grandsons in the shop; Scott Hunt with his blue fiddle While perusing social media, I came across a tribute to a fiddle maker, Don Hunt. I was intrigued by the story of a luthier who
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A Little Bit of Living from Marty Raybon
Marty Raybon has been absent from the bluegrass scene this past few years, spending his time on the road with a reunited Shenandoah, celebrating the 35th anniversary with the country group that brought him to worldwide acclaim. But his return
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Akira Otsuka’s 1978 photos of Southbound in the studio
Southbound at The Birchmere circa 1979 - photo © Akira Otsuka Akira Otsuka, noted bluegrass mandolinist and photographer, has shared another of his archival photo galleries with us. This time we have his images taken in 1978 of Southbound recording at
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Blue Ridge Mountain Baby video from Appalachian Road Show
Billy Blue Records has a new single today for The Appalachian Road Show, who are certainly in the running for the most consistently interesting bluegrass act on the circuit right now. It's one written within the band which harks back
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Béla Fleck talks about his Bluegrass Happening
Everybody look what’s going down! Straight off the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Béla Fleck grabbed his all-star My Bluegrass Heart band and teamed up with best buds, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas, and their bands to create happenings at special spots around