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  • Harold Smith on Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Bonnie and Clyde

    June 26, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    Editor's note...This article is a contribution from Harold Smith, longtime mandolinist for East Virginia, a very popular bluegrass group from the Tidewater area of Virginia in the late 1970s and early '80s. They recorded a number of solid albums for

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  • The Mountain Minor to make broadcast debut next week

    May 27, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Warren Waldren, Judy Waldren, Hazel Pasley, Amy Clay, Jonathan Bradshaw, Asa Nelson, and Elizabeth LaPrelle Great news for fans of traditional mountain music! The Mountain Minor, a new film project from writer/director Dale Farmer, is set to make its television broadcast debut

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  • Station Inn documentary film airing online

    April 17, 2020 | by John Lawless

    True Life Bluegrass, a documentary about Nashville's iconic Station Inn, is set to air on Saturday evening online. The 2004 film by Pat Isbey runs to 75 minutes, giving the history of the storied live music venue which has been the

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  • The Mountain Minor now available on streaming services

    April 6, 2020 | by John Lawless

    We have written before about The Mountain Minor, an independent film by Dale Farmer that offers an uplifting story of traditional music and experience. It falls into the category of "Appalachian positivity," conveying a fairly recent change in the way the

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  • Lorraine Jordan on film in North Carolina

    February 12, 2020 | by Guest Contributor

    This article is a contribution from Janet Gibson, about the first night of live streaming at Lorraine's Coffee House & Music, which we covered last month. The cameras were rolling on January 31 at Lorraine’s Coffee House & Music in Garner,

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  • Fiddlin’ film now on iTunes and Amazon

    November 19, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Fiddlin', the feature-length documentary film about the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA, is now available on two major streaming services online. Both Amazon and iTunes have added the film to their catalog today, allowing viewers to either purchase or

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  • Restored Bluegrass Country Soul premiere in Owensboro

    October 15, 2019 | by John Lawless

    We have written a number of times about the project to restore the sole existing 35mm print of the film, Bluegrass Country Soul, originally released for theatrical distribution in 1972. The film, a project undertaken by producer/director Albert Ihde, captured hours

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  • Fiddlin’ film is taking Galax on the road

    August 16, 2019 | by John Lawless

    We've told you before about the documentary film, Fiddlin', made by sisters Julie Simone and Vicki Vlasic, about the Old Fiddlers Convention in the town where they were raised, Galax, VA. The convention has been held there every year since

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  • Bluegrass Country Soul DVD further update

    May 2, 2019 | by Richard Thompson

    Last month we received what appeared to be very disturbing news that threatened the restoration of Bluegrass Country Soul, the iconic documentary film treatment of the 1971 Labor Day festival in Camp Springs, NC. In its newsletter at the time it was

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  • The Madness & The Mandolin

    March 14, 2019 | by Richard Thompson

    Kelley Gibson is the 23-year old son of Eric Gibson of the award-winning Gibson Brothers, and a talented bluegrass musician in his own right.  His father notes that Kelley was, “messing around with little guitars and ukuleles from the time he

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