Ohio based Caney Creek has had a change in the lineup as long-time mandolin player, Dave Prater, has announced he will be retiring from the band. Dave had this to say on his Facebook page: "I have come to the decision, after
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Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom by Hot Rock Pilgrims
The young bluegrass scene in England and Ireland has been rightly praised of late, with strong new acts emerging monthly it seems. Equally strong is the action in old time music, as evidenced by this video from Hot Rock Pilgrims. It's
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Three video for new Wildfire single
Pinecastle Records has released a lyric video for the new single from Wildfire. It's for the song, Three, included on their 2016 album, Rented Room On Broadway. Guitarist/vocalist Robert Hale says that he wrote this one inspired by the birth of
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Get yer Goon Grease, with BrewGrass scent!
What do you get for the bluegrass man who has everything? Well, if he's still sporting a full crop of hair on his head, how about a new pomade, specially made for bluegrass lovers? Lockhart's Authentic Grooming Company in Durand, Michigan, has
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The Elf on the Shelf is Dead from Milan Miller
Well... Thanksgiving is officially over, and the Black Friday shopping mania in full swing, so no one should feel badly about donning their Christmas sweaters and blasting the holiday music to the rafters. And it's in that spirit that Milan Miller
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Two new bluegrass Walker babies!
The bluegrass pickin' Walker girls of Redhead Express have welcomed two new members of their family in the past six weeks. The clan of redheads from Nashville - by way of Alaska - had been carrying two pregnant sisters out
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Welcome Christ The Lord from Professor Dan
Dan Boner, Director of the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University, has released a Christmas single of his own, with a different sort of take on holiday bluegrass. Most of the Yuletide grass falls
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The Vintage Martins to Eastwood Records
The Vintage Martins, an acoustic/bluegrass duo consisting of Bud Bierhaus and Eric Uglum, have signed with Eastwood Records for a new album, Traveled, due in April of 2018. It's an interesting pairing for both label and artists. Eastwood is a Louisville,
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Nirvana-grass video from The Grasslers
The Grasslers - photo by Peggy Porquet We've covered The Grasslers once before, a French bluegrass band with a passion for steampunk imagery, 19th century Americana, and sweeping cinematic vision. Oh, and the music of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. When we last
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Christmas music before Thanksgiving
This being the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, you would naturally be expecting a Thanksgiving-y column, perhaps a list of bluegrass things to be thankful for, e.g. “I’m thankful for my Blue Chip TPR 45,” or “I’m thankful for Jimmy Martin’s lead