They may call themselves The Dead South, but in truth, they hail from the great white north — Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada to be precise. That may be what makes the Dead South’s charm seem all the more universal. The idea of
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Jeff Austin Tribute – What The Night Brings
Jeff Austin, mandolinist, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Jeff Austin Band and Yonder Mountain String Band, passed away back in June, and the world of progressive bluegrass might never be the same. A sudden and tragic passing, he left
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I Am Who I Am from Jeremy Garrett
Organic Records has released another single from their upcoming album for Jeremy Garrett, Circles. Like his work with Infamous Stringdusters, this new song, I Am Who I Am, written with Oliver Wood of Wood Brothers, lays on the more urban and
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Phoenix – JigJam
JigJam boasts a clever handle, but aside from the catchy alliteration, the name neatly sums up the synthesis of bluegrass and Celtic sounds that breach the transatlantic divide, one that stretches from the band’s native Ireland to the source of
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Sugar & Joy – The Dead South
With all due respect to their American cousins, our neighbors to the north often seem to show the yanks a thing or two when it comes to offering authenticity within the realms of bluegrass and beyond. Bands such as the
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The Way Down Wanderers blend bluegrass with bravado
Collin Krause is the first to admit that his band, The Way Down Wanderers, isn’t easily categorized. While there are those that would describe them as bluegrass, simply for the sake of convenience, the band’s penchant for bending the boundaries and
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Reinvent The Wheel video from Sugar & The Mint
Arizona teen grassers Sugar & The Mint have a new EP released last week, Take Me With You, featuring their fresh, grassicana sound on a set of five new tracks, four written within the band. A music video is also available
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Somewhere Far Away – Blue Highway
All too often, critics, pundits and the public as a whole seem intent on defining music by genre, opting for generalization simply for the sake of confining certain sounds to a comfortable niche. That, of course, isn’t only unfair, but
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Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley – Extracting the Blues from Bluegrass
It’s little wonder that Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley have become one of the most talked about duos on the current Grassicana scene. Ickes, a 15 time IBMA Dobro Player of the Year recipient, and Hensley, a 20 something guitar
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Leylines – Rising Appalachia
Don’t be misled. Their name may conjure up images of a certain homespun sensibility, but in fact, Rising Appalachia creates a sound with a far more worldly view. Sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, the core of the outfit, are experienced