It may seem like an unlikely connection at first, but the ties that bind Scandinavia to the birth of bluegrass are more common than most would think. Many of the settlers that originally arrived in Appalachia came from those nordic
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30th Annual Keith Whitley Memorial Ride – Happy Birthday Keith
The 30th Annual Keith Whitley Memorial Ride was held this past weekend in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The tradition started in 1990, one year after Keith's passing, when a group of Keith's friends and fans decided to ride their motorcycles from Keith's
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Jamie Dailey speaks at his high school’s graduation
When Jamie Dailey graduated from Jackson County High School in 1993, he may have dreamed of returning someday as a TV star and a member of the Grand Ole Opry. And he had that chance last month when he attended graduation
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Blues Around My Cabin – Flashback
Reunion bands are cool, right? The Bluegrass Album Band back together in Asheville, NC, a few years back, was certainly awesome, and a Johnson Mountain Boys reunion might just be my dream bluegrass concert (HINT, HINT). However, reunions usually take
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Fallen Angels from Bowregard
Like most acts in the music business, Colorado's Bowregard had high expectations heading into 2020. Having won the Telluride Bluegrass Band Contest in 2019, they were looking at major festival bookings throughout the Rocky Mountain region, and a new album
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Can you spot the pop lyric in a bluegrass song?
I’m taking a few weeks off in celebration of column #400, so the following is “an encore presentation.” Note that this was one that was written shortly after the death of Pete Goble. Just a reminder: we’re still soliciting names
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The Ballad Of Calvary from Carley Arrowood
Mountain Home Music Company has released a second single from Carley Arrowood, which will also be included on her upcoming debut album with the label. This talented young artist, singer, and songwriter has seen a good deal of the music industry
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Moments in Bluegrass BG75 #3 – Becky Buller’s first IBMA
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. Becky Buller, an award-winning fiddler,
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Welcome Foster James Lurgio!
Today we welcome a young man born with a legit bluegrass music pedigree. Joe Lurgio and Ashlee-Jean Trott Lurgio are celebrating the birth of their second child, Foster James Lurgio, born yesterday morning at Midtown Hospital in Nashville. He arrived at 7:31
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Lay Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor video from Hot Buttered Rum
The guys in San Francisco's Hot Buttered Rum have been wanting to do something to mark the release of their seventh studio album, Something Beautiful, back in April. But with quarantine and travel restrictions in place, even getting together to