Here's a new book on bluegrass music in our nation's capitol that is likely to turn up under a lot of trees this Christmas, all over the US. Capitol Bluegrass - Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, D.C. was written by award-winning George
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Donate to bluegrass agencies on Giving Tuesday
The now common term, Black Friday, referring to the day after Thanksgiving as the official start of the Christmas shopping season, seems like it has been with us forever, but it actually only dates back to the early 1960s. We
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North Carolina Songbook – Steep Canyon Rangers
It goes without saying that the Steep Canyon Rangers are in the forefront of those artists who have helped in the transition from bluegrass to grassicana, sharing their reverence for their roots while establishing their own contemporary credence. There’s no
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US Navy Band Country Current auditioning fiddlers/mandolinists
Country Current, the US Navy's only full-time bluegrass and country music act, is looking for a new fiddler to take the spot to be vacated by Senior Chief Pat White, who has been with the group since 1995. The successful
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International email scam targeting US bluegrass acts
A number of US bluegrass acts have been targeted by an email scam from someone posing as a representative of the Didmarton Bluegrass Festival in the UK. The email looks legitimate at first glance, and the scammers appear to have
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Live From Here with Chris Thile at ROMP 2020
ROMP 2020, Owensboro, Kentucky's River Of Music Party, has scored a major coup for the festival next summer. Chris Thile will be bringing his radio program, Live From Here, to broadcast live from the festival stage on June 27. Festival attendees
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I’d Like To Wander Back from Fast Track
Here's a first listen to Fast Track, the brand new band everyone in bluegrass is talking about. The group was born when David Parmley recently decided to hang up his traveling shoes, and retire from his touring band, Cardinal Tradition.
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Photos from the Banjo Summit
Thanks to Kevin Slick, President of the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society, for sharing these photos of the The Banjo Summit, hosted in Fort Collins, CO November 14-16. The Summit was organized by Jake Schepps, and featured instruction from Tony Trischka,
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Ask Sonny Anything… Monroe and his Loar
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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Spain’s Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival 2019
This review of the 2019 Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival in Barcelona is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American living and studying bluegrass in Spain. In Catalan, the regional language of Catalunya, Al Ras means “in the open