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.
Grassicana
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Pert Near Sandstone launches Road to Blue Ox podcast
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
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Steve ‘N’ Seagulls launch US tour tonight
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
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band back to the festivals this summer
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
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Having a Coffee with ……………. Missy Raines
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
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Norway’s bluegrass connection
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
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That’ll Be Just Fine video from Bill and The Belles
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
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Track Premiere – Buffalo Gals from Allison & Tatiana
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
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Bourbon Hound video from Della Mae
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
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WinterWonderGrass Steamboat 2019
If they held a bluegrass festival in a snowstorm, would you go? Well there was no shortage of takers last weekend when Bonfire Entertainment held another episode of WinterWonderGrass, this time in Steamboat Springs, CO. They packed into the Steamboat Ski