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  • New film on mandolin luthier Jonathan McClanahan

    April 13, 2018 | by John Lawless

    First time documentary film maker Shane Leonard is seeking funding for a project to be called Mandolin Rain, which will tell the story of successful mandolin luthier Jonathan McClanahan of West Virginia. If you play mandolin, or follow the mando scene

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  • Trailer released for Bluegrass Court Jester: Ron Thomason

    April 2, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Ol’ Black Bear Productions in Silver Spring, MD, has released a trailer for Bluegrass Court Jester: Ron Thomason—An Unusual History of Bluegrass Music, their film on bluegrass music and history told through a focus on Thomason, the charismatic leader of Dry

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  • Fiddlin’ film heads out to the festivals

    March 7, 2018 | by John Lawless

    The film festivals, that is. Fiddlin', a documentary project about the culture and the people at the Old Fiddlers Convention, held in Galax, VA each year, is finished and will be entered in a number of film festivals starting this month.

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  • Banjos, Bluegrass & Squirrel Barkers

    October 30, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Rick Bowman, filmmaker with Backyard Green Films in San Deigo, CA has a special passion for bluegrass music. Despite his west coast location, he has family roots in Appalachia, and a long familiarity with the music and the people of

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  • Linefork film on Lee Sexton, banjo man

    October 24, 2017 | by John Curtis Goad

    A film spotlighting eastern Kentucky old-time banjo master Lee Sexton has begun a series of screenings across the United States, beginning at Harvard University last week and continuing at several venues throughout Kentucky this week. Linefork follows Sexton, who is

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  • The Farm Hands go to the movies

    September 5, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Nashville's Farm Hands made a trip to Missouri recently to film an appearance for a movie, A Date With The Eclipse, set for release in 2018. Produced by Cliff House for Fly Bye Films, the movie is a faith-based project, a

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  • New documentary film on reso-guitar builder Frank Harlow

    May 18, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Reso-guitar enthusiasts have always had a special place in their hearts for Frank Harlow, who has been hand-building custom instruments from his shop in Vandalia, OH since the late-1980s. While he was still alive, Gene Wooten was Frank's biggest booster,

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  • The Mountain Minor film coming soon

    April 11, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Bluegrass and related forms of old time and mountain music have long figured prominently in film. Perhaps it is the honesty and organic nature of the music that lends itself so well to use as a score, or the fact

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  • Bluegrass Court Jester gets his due in upcoming film

    April 5, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Anyone attending bluegrass festivals around the US this past 20 years has likely seen an appearance by Dry Branch Fire Squad, and their acerbic front man, Ron Thomason. Though a fine mountain-style singer, mandolinist, and guitar player, Ron's primary claim

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  • You Gave Me A Song – The Life and Music of Alice Gerrard

    January 17, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Alice Gerrard's is a name spoken frequently when discussing bluegrass over the past 50 years. She is viewed as a pioneer for women in old time and mountain music at a time when it was far less common professionally than

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