A friend of mine suggested once that this column is like the "Buzzfeed of bluegrass." He assured me it was a compliment, but I wasn't so sure. Concerned, I looked back through the archives and found a generous helping of
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50 years of bluegrass in Colorado – CBMS celebrates golden anniversary
Colorado is well known for having a vibrant bluegrass scene across the state. Much of this is thanks to two events which took place during the '70s just a mountain range apart. In Denver, a group of bluegrass musicians and pickers
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Silver City, latest single from Chris Jones
Mountain Home Music has a new single for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, taken from their current album, Make Each Second Last. If we can take the past as prologue, it is destined for the #1 spot on our
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Bugle Call Rag – new banjo single from Russ Carson
Over the past eight years, Russ Carson has risen to considerable prominence in the banjo world since taking the job with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. On top of burning up the five on stage with Ricky, Russ has developed
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2022 IBMA Industry and Momentum Awards nominees
This morning the International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2022 Industry and Momentum Awards. Both these nominees and the winners are chosen by select committees of IBMA members chosen for this purpose. The IBMA Industry Awards are given
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Les Sandy passes
Former Blue Grass Boy, Les Sandy, passed away at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina, on July 28, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. He was 93 years old. Leslie Matheson Sandy was born, one of the eight
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Clyde Maness passes
Clyde Maness at the Music Barn - photo by G Nicholas Hancock Clyde Maness, bass player and proprietor of Maness Pottery & Music Barn in Carthage, NC, passed away on Sunday, July 31. The most recent recipient of Alan Perdue Memorial
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Dick Smith passes
Dick Smith at the 2003 IBMA convention in Louisville, KY - photo © Jeromie Stephens Dick Smith, Washington, DC area musician, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Thursday morning July 28, 2022. He was 77 years old. Born October 4, 1943,
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Big City drops for Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers have a new single today with Billy Blue Records, featuring the newest Rambler, Jeff Parker, on mandolin and lead vocal. It's a song called Big City - not the Merle Haggard country classic, but
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Cold Hearted Woman from Dave Adkins
Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week for Dave Adkins, the third from his upcoming We're All Crazy album, due to hit next week. A native of eastern Kentucky, Dave has been singing bluegrass music since he was in