For the past eight years, the quintet that go by the odd name Dunderhead have been sharing their innate love of bluegrass in their native Sweden, making their music in the streets of their hometown, and as far afield as
Grassicana
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Albi & The Wolves push the parameters
The trio that refers to themselves as Albi & The Wolves could best be described as a band wholly guided by their instincts. Known in their native New Zealand for their energetic performances, verve, and variety, they make a point
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California Report – MohaviSoul on the San Diego Bluegrass Scene and More
Randy Hanson and Mark Miller formed San Diego-based MohaviSoul in 2012 to create a new sound blending contemporary bluegrass and Americana called Grassicana. Their CD, Hometown Blues, was nominated for best album of year in 2018 by the San Diego Music
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Smalltown Stories take on a larger perspective
The Norwegian outfit known as Trond Svendsen & Tuxedo take a varied approach that imbues a variety of influence, from the more robust strains of grassicana, country, and their down home designs, to high drama and a sound that’s decidedly
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Hurricane Rain video from Ray Cardwell
Bonfire Recording has released a new music video for Ray Cardwell, featuring one of the songs on his upcoming album, Stand On My Own. The song is one that Ray wrote with our own Terry Herd called Hurricane Rain. It tells
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Che Apalache signs with Free Dirt Records
The brief history of Che Apalache is a power of bluegrass story of the highest order. It tells of a US string musician, Joe Troop, who moved to Argentina from North Carolina and started teaching bluegrass to interested students in
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Chris Austin Songwriting finalists announced for 2019
The prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, held each year as part of MerleFest in North Wilkesboro, NC, has announced the finalists for the 2019 competition. Run as an open event, songwriters compete in two separate rounds. An initial round of judges chooses
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What We Leave Behind – Tim Stafford & Bobby Starnes
A welcome new trend in bluegrass this past decade or so is the songwriter project, where songsmiths record a full album of their new material and offer it to the market. It only makes sense, as expectations of song demos have
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Track Premiere: Green Grass and Wine from Damn Tall Buildings
Damn Tall Buildings. That doesn't sound like a bluegrass band name. It's ever-so-mildly risqué, a potential no-no in our more guarded, traditional community. This NY-based quartet doesn't necessarily look much like a bluegrass band either, whatever that means these days. But
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Jeff Scroggins & the Scroggdogs
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