They say there's no such thing as overnight success, but leave it to Wood & Wire to come as close as any band can. Their auspiciously titled offering North Of Despair, released two years ago, garnered a Grammy nomination for
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Tom Mindte to receive 2020 Washington Monument Award
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced Tom Mindte, owner and founder of Patuxent Music in Rockville, MD, as the 2020 recipient of their Washington Monument Award. This award is given annually to an individual in the DC metropolitan area, recognized
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Love Bug video from The Kody Norris Show
There is one solid truth in the bluegrass world that you can take to the bank - if you don't have fun at a Kody Norris show, you need to check your fun-ometer. Sure it's corny, and maybe even silly
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Virtual World of Bluegrass details for 2020
The IBMA staff in Nashville have been busy little beavers this past several weeks, learning new technology and investigating the best ways to implement their first ever virtual convention when World of Bluegrass 2020 goes online for the first time. Though
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Hitchhiking To California from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne
Here's a blast from the past from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne - from 35 years ago to be exact! It's the debut single from their upcoming project with Billy Blue Records, Hitchhiking To California, one Alan recorded with New Quicksilver back
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Moments in Bluegrass: BG75 #9 – Bill Emerson meets Bill Monroe
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from "75 years of bluegrass," we thought that we would collect a few to share with you. Bill Emerson is considered to
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Track Premiere: Last Train from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes with Sarah Jarosz
We are delighted to offer a track premiere today on the release date of this latest single from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Last Train, from her upcoming solo project, Fiddler's Pastime. Bronwyn has made quite a mark as the fiddler with Mike Twelve,
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Ask Sonny Anything… How you doing, Chief?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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Back To Caroline from Fireside Collective
Mountain Home Music has released a new single from Fireside Collective, taken from their upcoming album, Elements. It's a song written by the reso-guitarist, Tommy Maher, called Back To Caroline, which plays on the fact that Caroline is both a woman's name
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Steve Gulley funeral arrangements
Funeral arrangements for Steve Gulley have been announced. The family will receive friends Sunday, August 23, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with funeral services to follow at the Claiborne - Overholt Funeral Home Chapel, New Tazewell, Tennessee. The Rev.