The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced the nominees for their 2020 Industry and Momentum Awards. Unlike the annual IBMA Bluegrass Awards, which are chosen by a ballot of the professional membership of the organization, these nominees are chosen
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Ask Sonny Anything… tell us about Kenny Ingram
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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Jerry Andrews of Crandall Creek gets cancer diagnosis
This article is a contribution from Bruce Winges, recently retired as Editor of the Akron Beacon Journal. Are you 45 years old? Are you turning 50? If so, Jerry Andrews of Crandall Creek has a message for you: Get a colonoscopy. When Jerry
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Lori King & Junction 63 to Turnberry Records
Turnberry Records has announced the signing of Lori King & Junction 63 to a two-record deal with the label, run by Keith Barnacastle and Jeff Brown. The Iowegian bluegrass band is to start work soon on their first project with Turnberry. Junction
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Take The Long Way Home video from Alex Leach Band
Mountain Home Music has released a music video for their debut single from the Alex Leach Band, Take The Long Way Home. Alex and the band have gone with a flower power look for this video shoot, a new wrinkle to
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Illgresi heats up bluegrass in Iceland
Iceland isn’t generally considered a breeding ground for bluegrass. In fact, most Americans know very little about the nation at all, except that it’s a tiny island in the Atlantic whose main product would seem to be ice and snow.
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Track Premiere: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy Anymore from Alecia Nugent
We haven't heard a lot from Alecia Nugent since she moved back home to Louisiana after several years in Nashville in the early aughts. There she recorded several successful bluegrass albums for Rounder Records, in cooperation with producer and co-writer
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COVID meant love for Dr. Megan Darby and Luke McKnight
Who doesn't love a bluegrass love story? Especially when it carries a touch of music royalty. How about we add in some social distancing elements and a dash of higher education? This is the heartwarming story of a romance, long in
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Big Blue Sky In The Morning video from Barbara Jo Kammer
Barbara Jo Kammer has created a socially-distanced music video for her original song, Big Blue Sky in the Morning, which has gotten a great deal of attention online. Kammer has a large and loyal following in Colorado where she lives, with
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Old Time River Man video from Cameron Owens
Lonesome Pine Records has released a music video for Cameron Owens, a talented multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who studied mandolin in the ETSU bluegrass department. Cameron has been playing bluegrass in western North Carolina for some time, including time as a member of