Each year when wildfires spread along the US Pacific coast, those of us back east are filled with a mix of awe and wonder. In fact, people everywhere are struck by the enormous power of a blaze tearing through wooded
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Track Premiere: As Fast As I Can Crawl from Sideline
Mountain Home Music has another new single this week, the first from a new album coming soon from Sideline. These North Carolina grassers have made quite an impression in recent years, both through their several critically-acclaimed recordings, and with widespread touring.
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Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival 2020 a go
Cody Johnson, with sign depicting his dad, the late Bill Johnson, as he appeared in Bluegrass Country Soul. It happened! Cody and Donna Johnson, new owners of Camp Springs Bluegrass Park, labored diligently throughout the spring and summer, and were allowed to
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Prayers sought for Lincoln Mash following motorcycle accident
Family and friends of young Ohio grasser Lincoln Mash have been serving as prayer warriors this weekend, after the 19 year old guitarist and singer for the Coal Cave Hollow Boys was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident near his
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Sarah Jarosz announced as World of Bluegrass keynote speaker
The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced Sarah Jarosz as the Keynote Speaker for the Business Conference portion of their upcoming virtual World of Bluegrass later this month. Jarosz has been celebrated in acoustic music since she was still in
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Lack of New Grass Revival reunion rankles John Cowan
Monday should have been a lifetime highlight for John Cowan and other members of the New Grass Revival as they videotaped remarks that will be played next month when the seminal band is inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall
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Walnut Valley Festival to host 2020 Hands On Workshops
We have reported earlier about aspects of the venerable Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS which are going forward despite the in-person music festival being cancelled for 2020. They already posted winners in their annual New Song Contest, and will
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Track Premiere: The Happiness Of Having You from Linda Lay
Mountain Fever Records moves fast! Not two weeks from announcing the signing of bluegrass singer Linda Lay to the label, they have released her first single. It's a song from the catalog of Charlie Pride, The Happiness Of Having You, written
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Sam Bush celebrates New Grass Revival, while looking ahead
Sam Bush - photo by Shelly Swanger Fifty years ago this month, in Louisville, KY, 19-year-old Sam Bush joined the Bluegrass Alliance as a guitar player. It was the first step on a journey that led to an 18-year run with New
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Ask Sonny Anything… how was it for you when Bobby joined the Marines?
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