Events

  • Musicians for the Bluegrass Music Museum

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    Earlier this year, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike recorded a new CD while doing a two week residency at the International Bluegrass Music Museum (read the story here). While they were there, the band saw first hand what it is

  • Big weekend for Tom Gray in DC

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    Next weekend will be a big one for Tom Gray. Not only will the original Seldom Scene bass player be teaching at his first all-day workshop on March 27, he has a CD release concert with his new band that

  • Ed Helms and the L.A. Bluegrass Situation

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    We've  written before about Ed Helms (of The Office) and his love for bluegrass music. Not content merely to be a lone banjo player in L.A., Helms decided it was time to put together a bluegrass music event in Hollywood. Partnering

  • Blue Highway 15 in pictures

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    This past Friday night (3/12/2010) was a big night in Roanoke, VA. Bluegrass supergroup Blue Highway, performed their 15th anniversary show at the Jefferson Center in downtown Roanoke. This band has been an inspiration to many bluegrass fans and pickers,

  • Southern Accent: you spoke, they listened

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    In February, we posted about a special project band featuring a number of notable pickers who were getting together to do some off-season concert gigs. The band will include John Miller on guitar, Jesse Brock on mandolin, Joey Cox on

  • Travis Book and Sarah Siskind on tour in CO

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    Just back from The Infamous Stringdusters' 2010 Ski Tour in the Rockies, bass man Travis Book is heading back on the road for a brief tour with his wife, the talented singer/songwriter Sarah Siskind. In addition to her own critically-acclaimed

  • Amps get the boot at Galax 2010

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    We reported last year about a fracas at the venerable Old Fiddlers Convention, which has been held in Galax, VA since 1935. The issue arose regarding the use of an electric bass with a small amplifier in the campground jams,

  • $30,000 from The MACC to St. Jude

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    Shortly after the conclusion of this past weekend's SPBGMA convention in Nashville, The Grascals headed for Memphis with Randy Kohrs in tow. But it wasn't for a show; they were on a mission of mercy. Their destination was the the St.

  • Leadbetter and Bennett

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    Some guys are always busy. Never content to be doing just one thing, Uncle Phil Leadbetter is one of those busy people. He currently performs as a member of the award winning band Grasstowne, but Uncle Phil has decided to fill up