Most of the US is focused right now on hurricane devastation in Louisiana, and rightly so, but there have been other incidents of flooding that have befallen people in other parts of the country of late as well. Areas surrounding
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Tammy Rogers and Thomm Jutz project for Mountain Fever Records
Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Nashville singers and songwriters, Tammy Rogers and Thomm Jutz, to the label for a special project of their music. Both artists are well known in the bluegrass community. Jutz has been writing, playing,
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Up All Night drops for The Grascals
Today marks the official release of the latest album from The Grascals, Up All Night, on Mountain Home Music. And we are happy to share the title track with our readers. Chris Davis, Grascals' guitarist and lead singer on this number,
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Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival cancelled due to fires
Sad news from organizers of the Plumas Homegrown Americana Festival in Quincy, CA. They have been forced to cancel the event for the second year in a row. First because of COVID restrictions in 2020, and now because of the
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Kristin Scott Benson – What the banjo means to me today
Anyone who knows her realizes that Kristin Scott Benson is a musician of the highest caliber, as her multiple IBMA Banjo Player of the Year awards can attest, but also that she is among the most thoughtful and intelligent people
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Bob Everhart passes
Robert Phillip 'Bob' Everhart, multi-instrumentalist, singer, entertainer, old-time country, bluegrass, and folk artist, passed away during the evening of August 20, 2021, due to heart complications. He was 85 years of age. Bob Everhart, founder and president of the National Traditional Country
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Ask Sonny Anything… three versions of Earl
Sonny is again unable to respond to questions this week, so we are re-running another of his most popular columns. Let's hope he is back at it next week. Sonny, I read your column weekly, and one thing is obvious; you are the
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Meet Pat Morris, new IBMA Executive Director
For most IBMA members, this year's World of Bluegrass convention will be their first chance to meet Pat Morris, the newly-installed Executive Director of the organization who took over for Paul Schiminger in June of this year. These first few
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Still yet more photos from Gettysburg, Summer 2021
Billy Lee Cox back with Remington Ryde at Gettysburg, Summer 2021 - photo by Frank Baker Again, we have more images shot by Frank Baker at last weekend's Summer 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Among the many shots are ones that captured
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Track Premiere: Person of the Year from Kristy Cox
Australian bluegrass singer Kristy Cox, now living in Nashville, is working on her seventh album with noted songwriter and producer Jerry Salley. But this next will be the first on the label he represents, Billy Blue Records. They have a debut