Joe Mullins reads to children at the Industrial Strength Bluegrass festival - photo © Bill Warren Each November at the Industrial Strength Bluegrass festival the Mullins family and the Radio Ramblers host a charity fundraiser breakfast. This year's was one "for
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The Swanee Theatre – new live music venue in North Carolina
It's just what the doctor ordered! After the world being shut down for two years with the global pandemic, bands are eager to perform and audiences are ready for a return to live entertainment. Ken Lingafelt and his partner, Kent
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Claire Lynch & Jim Hurst shows this weekend
Celebrated bluegrass singer and songwriter Claire Lynch is making one of her rare public appearances in Dallas, GA this weekend, accompanied by her long time friend and collaborator, Jim Hurst. Since marrying and moving to Canada a few years ago, Claire
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Tropical Storm Nicole affecting festivals this weekend in the southeast
While Tropical Storm Nicole has not yet strengthened to hurricane status, bluegrass festivals in the likely path are already being affected by her imminent arrival. The Palatka Fall Bluegrass Festival and Car Show in Florida has already announced a postponement, with
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2022 Wilder Days Fiddle Off winners
Annually, the small town of Mansfield, Missouri is the setting of a commemoration to Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for her book series, Little House on The Prairie. The books, and the television series they spawned, were based on her
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Billy Strings in Kalamazoo
Billy Strings at K Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, MI (11/3/22) - photo © Bryan Bolea This past Thursday, Billy Strings brought his powerhouse bluegrass show to Kalamazoo, MI at the K Wings Stadium, home of the Kalamazoo Wings ECHL hockey team. Bryan
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Tim Carter makes a blind girl’s day with Hayseed Dixie
Tim Carter, banjo player with Hayseed Dixie, owner/operator of Treehouse Studio in Nashville, and one half of The Carter Brothers, has shared a truly lovely story about the sensory power of music. Hayseed Dixie is an interesting band, formed in 2001
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Takarakuza Bluegrass Festival in Japan celebrates 50 years
The Takarazuka Festival in Japan is recognized as the third oldest ongoing bluegrass festival in the world, after Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom and Ralph Stanley's Hills of Home Festival in McClure, Virginia. The first festival was held on the stage of
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Photos from Bluegrass Island festival 2022
Sideline at the 2022 Bluegrass Island Festival - photo © Deb Miller Thanks to Deb Miller with B Chord Photography for sharing these images from the 2022 Bluegrass Island Festival on the Outer Banks of North Carolina last month. It appears
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Becky Buller and Nu-Blu announce Christmas tour
Bluegrass recording artists the Becky Buller Band and Nu-Blu have announced plans for a joint 2022 Christmas tour. And they have something mighty special on tap for what they are billing as a Happy Christmas Tour. Rather than a round robin