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I recently got wind of a new project with Jeff Scroggins, leader and banjo player from Jeff Scroggins and Colorado (JSCO). Jeff is assembling a new band with a host of youngish California bluegrass talent including Scott Gates and members

There was a moment during the summer of 2003 when thousands of bluegrass fans who were gathered in a canyon along the St. Vrain River of Lyons, Colorado, collectively drew in their breath and realized that they were witnessing greatness.

Pert Near Sandstone has launched a new podcast, Road To Blue Ox, to help promote and prepare people for their annual festival in their native Wisconsin. The alt-grass quintet hosts the Blue Ox Music Festival each June, inviting many of the

Here's another Power of the Internet story, and its brush with bluegrass music. By now we all know that a viral video can wrench anyone, anywhere from utter obscurity to online sensation in just a matter of days. A shy, self-effacing

One of the more fun outdoor bluegrass festivals early in the season is the annual Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass in Sevierville, TN. Located right along the tourist strip just before you enter Pigeon Forge, this event is put on by

This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love.   Missy Raines was born in Short Gap in the

It’s always interesting and intriguing to find a connection between America’s rural roots and the culture of other countries. It’s particularly fascinating to find an intrinsic element in the music made elsewhere that has common cause with bluegrass, nu-grass, grassicana

Bill and The Belles are back with a new single and video, demonstrating their unique modern mastery of the pre-bluegrass string band sound. It's part vaudeville, part string swing, and always all acoustic. Under the direction of guitarist/vocalist Kris Truelsen, the

Free Dirt Records has shared a second track from their upcoming project for Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, due later this month. The self-titled album is a mix of fiddle/banjo duets and old time and traditional songs that have struck

Rounder Records has released a music video for Bourbon Hound, the opening track on Della Mae's new EP, The Butcher Shoppe. It's a hard-charging drinking song, done up in a string swing style, with a rowdy feel not unlike the band's