Most bluegrass bands are normally burning up the highway traveling to festivals and other venues this time of the year, but the social distancing required now due to the Covid-19 virus has brought touring to a screeching halt. In a
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Jim Lauderdale returns to his roots with a new bluegrass album
Jim Lauderdale is nothing if not prodigious. And prolific. Over the course of his 40 year career, it hasn’t been uncommon to find him releasing several albums simultaneously, and multiple recordings in the span of a single year. He’s achieved
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Ask Sonny Anything… Jimmy Martin and the 20/20 Vision lick
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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Appalachian Road Show to do free online concert from Station Inn
Everybody associated with Appalachian Road Show has been excited for weeks about their big album release show scheduled for March 25 at Nashville's Station Inn. The entire bluegrass world has been anticipating the release of their second album, Tribulation, this
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Track Premiere: A Few Years Ago from Daryl Mosley
For most of the past ten years, we had known Daryl Mosley as the lead singer with The Farm Hands. The talented vocalist and songwriter held down the bass position in the band, and contributed many memorable songs to their
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Robin Smith passes
Robin Smith with one of his Heartland Banjos - photo by Dustin Ogdin Robin Smith, noted Nashville banjo luthier and musician, has died following emergency heart surgery last week. He was 71 years of age. Many banjo players have taken advantage of
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Grown Cold video from Carolina Blue
It's been a while since we've seen a bluegrass band explode onto the scene like Carolina Blue. In a few short years, we've watched them go from a regional group performing in their native western North Carolina, to a headline
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I Miss When Corona Was A Beer from Donna Hughes
One of the most enduring aspects of the human condition - and the bluegrass community - is the ability to laugh in the face of hardship, to find humor in dark or dangerous times. This new virus, and the worldwide
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Old Soul: A Collection of Mountain Music – Tony & Heather Mabe
Although Tony and Heather Mabe have been spending most of their time lately picking and singing in Junior Sisk’s band, the North Carolina-based couple have also taken the time to record a new duo record, showcasing their love of old-timey
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Track Premiere: Winding Road from Fireside Collective
Asheville's Fireside Collective continues their run blending contemporary bluegrass with rock and folk music overtones on Elements, a new project for Mountain Home Music, due this Friday. The Collective has been on a roll since winning the MerleFest band competition in