South Carolina bluegrass singer and songwriter Katelyn Ingardia, she of the Backline band, has released a debut single from her upcoming solo album, a new song called Getaway. To date, Ingardia's original songs have primarily found a home on band recordings,
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1923 Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolins a century later
July 9, 2023, marked the 100th anniversary of the date when musician, instrument designer and sound engineer Lloyd Allayre Loar signed off as tested and approved, an iconic batch of Lloyd Loar Gibson F-5 mandolins. The batch includes the most famous
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Bluegrass Music – new single from Kentucky Just Us
From family pickers Kentucky Just Us comes a new song by Tim Raybon that celebrates The Osborne Brothers and all the great music they have left us with. Titled simply Bluegrass Music, it's beautifully sung by Jesse Meador, banjo player with
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Ronnie McCoury talks tradition, and what it means to make music as a family
Ronnie McCoury at Old Settler’s Music Festival (April 2017) – photo by Tom Dunning True to their name, it would seem the Travelin' McCourys never stand still. So too, given their rich legacy, as bequeathed by their legendary forebear, Del McCoury,
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From The Side of the Road… burning question: haiku or senryu?
Last week Bluegrass Today published a rerun of my first bluegrass haiku column to help set up this new one. It turned out to be a good decision because some of the responses I got helped me learn valuable new
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On This Day #69: Doc Watson at the Boone Fiddlers Convention
On this day…. On July 4, 1941, 18-year-old Arthel Lane 'Doc' Watson (March 3, 1923 – May 29, 2012) played at the Boone Fiddlers Convention at the Appalachian State Teacher's College (now known as Appalachian State University), in Boone, North Carolina.
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Bayla Davis – experienced banjo picker at 15
If you read our recent coverage of the second annual Abingdon Fiddlers' Convention last month, you will have seen the name Davis pop up all over the youth category winners lists. In fact, Newfound Gap, an old time band made
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R.C. Harris passes
Banjo and guitar player, Roby Carter Harris, lovingly known as R.C. by his friends, family, and the wider bluegrass community, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Harris, formerly of Mooresville, NC, was 83. At age 11, R.C. began picking banjo
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Awesome Sauce from Russ Carson
Engelhardt Music Group has a new single for Nashville banjo player Russ Carson, the second from his upcoming full-length album. We all know Russ as the banjo man with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and as proprietor of the very
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Raymond Lumpkin passes
This obituary for Virginia grasser Raymond Lumpkin is a contribution from his grandson, Spencer Atkinson. Richmond, VA bluegrass scene native, Raymond Lumpkin, passed away at his home in Mechanicsville, VA on June 24. He was 83 years of age. Being born January