String bands interested in entering the band competition at the 2019 John Hartford Memorial Festival have until tomorrow evening (2/28) to submit an application. The contest offers generous prizes and stage time at the event, held at the Bill Monroe
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Berklee’s American Roots Music program celebrates 10 years
Boston’s Berklee College of Music’s American Roots Music program is to mark its 10th anniversary with a special concert that will feature collaborations between artists in styles as varied as blues, Celtic, country, Gospel, early jazz, folk, old-time, spirituals and
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Chatham County Line covers The Louvin Brothers
For their next recording project, Chatham County Line, from North Carolina's Triangle region, has decided to reach back and honor some of their biggest influences in the music world. Normally known for the original material, this upcoming album, Sharing The
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Sanctuary – Blue Mother Tupelo
Blue Mother Tupelo might not be bluegrass in the strictest sense, what with a bare boned musical approach that relies on little more than two voices, a robust strum, and a steady stream of natural percussion. If anything, they lean
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Leftover Salmon launches Boogie at the Broadmoor
Leftover Salmon is moving their annual winter newgrass experience to a new venue in 2019. After 4 years at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado, they are moving to the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, March 22-24. The event has been rechristened
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Galilee Thunder roars out of the Middle East
If any further proof is needed that bluegrass and grassicana have extended their reach well beyond the American heartland, one need only look towards the Holy Land and the Israeli outfit that calls themselves Galilee Thunder. Formed in early 2017,
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Americana Music by Lee Zimmerman
Are you one of those millions of music lovers who frequently hear the phrase Americana, and aren't entirely sure what the genre description entails? Perhaps you've been confused by seeing an artist you enjoy labeled as Americana, and then finding
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Lateral Blue with acoustic version of Superstition
Lateral Blue is a Nashville string quartet with a unique approach to bluegrass. Like so many young bands, they are music school kids who learned their craft in the university environment. So they play at a high level of technical precision,
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Livewire from Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes
Travianna Records has released a debut single from Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes, an acoustic Americana act from Asheville, NC. It's a fast-moving bluegrass number Eisenman wrote called Livewire, a road story about the frenetic life of a traveling musician. Aubrey sings
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8th of January video from Allison and Tatiana
Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves have released a live performance video for the opening track from their upcoming eponymous banjo/fiddle duet project. Both women have built solid reputations in the old time music community, and have performed together in the