Jay Starling - photo by Andrew Wyatt Venerable jamgrass legends Leftover Salmon have announced the addition of Virginia reso-guitar man and vocalist Jay Starling to the group. He will also play keys and some lap steel with the Salmon If the name
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I Should Have Started Yesterday from Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive
It's single time again for North Carolina banjo legend Terry Baucom and his Dukes of Drive, the second from their upcoming album, offering another taste of their new band sound. Today it's I Should Have Started Yesterday, written by Ed Williams,
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Under The Weather from Jesse Smathers
Jesse Smathers is definitely a bluegrass man. And he comes by it naturally, with both his grandfather and his great uncle, Harold and Luke Smathers, being major contributors to traditional music in Jesse's native North Carolina. In fact, the two were
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Yet more Gettysburg Bluegrass photos from May 2022
Seldom Scene at the May 2022 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Here is another gallery of images Frank Baker took last weekend at the Spring 2022 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. One more to go!
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In Tennessee video from Bobby Giles & Texas Gales
Bell Buckle Records has released a single from Lone Star stater Bobby Giles and his band, Texas Gales. Produced in Nashville by Jim VanCleve of The Appalachian Road Show, it shows Bobby as both singer and songwriter with a sound
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Canadian duo Mama’s Broke mixes it up
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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Love Someone Like Me from Zach Top
Young bluegrass singer on the rise Zach Top has chosen a song deeply associated with a pair of iconic artists for his latest single for RBR Entertainment. But this promising artist has the skill to pull it off, assisted by
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More images from Spring Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival ’22
Appalachian Road Show at the May 2022 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Here's another set of Frank Baker's images from last weekend's Spring Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. And there's more to come.
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Rodney Dillard looks back on his music career at 80 years young
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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On The Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass – Mark Hembree
Over the last few decades there have been several books written about the Father of Bluegrass. While some such as Tom Ewing's Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man dive deep into Monroe's life journey, others