Speaking of bluegrass in the movies... The History of Future Folk is set to premiere in New York at the end of the month. It's a science fiction comedy about a pair of aliens who come to Earth to destroy humanity,
Bluegrass film/movie news
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Balsam Range to the silver screen
"They're gonna put me in the movies..." So sang Buck Owens (and Ringo Starr) in the mid 1960s in Act Naturally, a hit song that told the story of a country boy set for stardom in the movie biz. In 2014,
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Dave Evans documentary trailer released
A movie trailer has been released for Last Of The Breed, a documentary/biography of bluegrass artist Dave Evans. The film is being produced by Matt Pellowski of Red Line Studios, who is utilizing a crowd-sourcing appeal to help fund the costs of
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Making History with Pioneers of Bluegrass production update
James Reams visited New York at the end of March to do some more work on his film Making History with Pioneers of Bluegrass: Tales of the Early Days in Their Own Words. He reports ….. “I spent some time working with
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How to Grow a Band documentary coming to home video
Mark Meatto's brilliant documentary, How To Grow A Band, will soon be finding its way to your favorite digital device and, hopefully, your DVD and BluRay player. The film follows the Punch Brothers' initial 2008 tour in support of Chris Thile's The Blind
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Banjo Romantika – Czech bluegrass documentary
The people in the Czech Republic have long had a fondness for bluegrass music, even before they escaped from the Soviet Union, when the music was forbidden. I have spoken with long-time Czech grassers who told me that part of
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NCBS Film Festival to screen The Porchlight Sessions
The Porchlight Sessions, produced by Nashville and Los Angeles documentary filmmaker Anna Schwaber, will be screened in Redwood City on Sunday, January 27, as part of a free afternoon bluegrass film program. The Northern California Bluegrass Society will present the NCBS
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An Interview with Anna Schwaber of The Porchlight Sessions
During IBMA week, I had the pleasure of attending the Nashville premiere of The Porchlight Sessions, a new film which digs deep into the roots of our music while also looking forward to its future. The film blew me away. (See
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Punch Brothers in This Is 40
Among the many new films set to debut during the Christmas season is This Is 40, written and directed by Judd Apatow, with a bevy of hot Hollywood stars set to splash across the screen. Paul Rudd, Megan Fox, Leslie Mann,
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Tim Graves’ bus on the silver screen
We all know the old joke: Q. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A. Practice. It seems that Tim Graves has a real-life, updated version. Q. How do you make into the movies? A. Drive. Tim is a noted resonator guitarist, nephew of the legendary Josh Graves,