David and Tabitha Benedict, a very talented, newly-married, bi-continental couple, have launched a new side project aside from work with their regular bands. David plays mandolin with Mile Twelve and Cup O'Joe, and Tabitha plays banjo with Cup O'Joe and
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Aidan VanSuetendael to Bill and the Belles
Bill and the Belles have announced their newest member, Aidan VanSuetendael, who joins the band on banjo. The east Tennessee-based group plays an interesting mix of old time, bluegrass, and swing, primarily focused on the sounds of American music in the
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The Rarest Flowers, new single from Chris Roberts
The Engelhardt Music Group label in Nashville has released a new single from bluegrass singer/songwriter, Chris Roberts, from his current EMG project, Mountain Standard Time. This time out it's not one of Chris' songs, but a country classic, The Rarest Flowers,
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From The Side of the Road – return of bluegrass ‘mad libs’
It's time once again for bluegrass mad libs. Note that this isn’t "Mad Libs" with capital letters. That would be a trademark, and that game is available only in those lovely pads of paper or now on the Mad Libs
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Lucky Man from Steve Thomas and Time Machine
Bonfire Music Group has chosen Lucky Man from Steve Thomas and Time Machine as their latest focus single. The song appears on the band's current album, All of These Years. It's a feel good, up-tempo number written by David Lee and
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California Report: Bill Knopf of Phil Salazar & the Kin Folk
Bill Knopf is a prolific banjo virtuoso, former UCLA drum major, and music instructor from the LA area who has been playing since before most readers were born. He was active in the early '60s playing in his own bands
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New video and livestream from Mike Mitchell
Southwest Virginia bluegrass artist Mike Mitchell has new music to share, and is doing so through a livestream concert tonight to benefit a very worthy regional organization. The Floyd-based singer, songwriter, educator, and multi-instrumentalist has been offering free livestream concerts from
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Track Premiere: The Happiness Of Having You from Linda Lay
Mountain Fever Records moves fast! Not two weeks from announcing the signing of bluegrass singer Linda Lay to the label, they have released her first single. It's a song from the catalog of Charlie Pride, The Happiness Of Having You, written
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20 Things You Didn’t Know About Rock Hearts
Based in New England, Rock Hearts is a band of gifted music veterans that recently charted with the debut single, 99 Year Blues, from the forthcoming album, Starry Southern Nights. The album was produced by Ned Luberecki. This group has an interesting backstory;
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Track Premiere: Havly from Strengeplukk
Last summer we introduced our readers to Strengeplukk, a Norwegian bluegrass group based in Stavanger, on the southwestern coast of the Scandinavian nation. This week they are releasing their second EP in 2020, an all-instrumental project called Nyslått Gras, which translates