Tonight's Travis Book Happy Hour is sure to be a special one, as it is centered on the musical career of the great Tony Rice. All of Travis' Wednesday evening vidcasts are entertaining, featuring live music and discussion with heroes in
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Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music podcast
The Great Smoky Mountain Association has announced the launch of a new podcast as a part of their Smoky Mountain Air audio options. Titled Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music, this six-part series chronicles the experience of freed and escaped
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Classic festival photos from Akira Otsuka shared online
Boone Creek at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA 1977 - photo © Akira Otsuka Fred Robbins, one of the premier archivists in bluegrass music, has added a collection of photos taken by Akira Otsuka to his vast online repository of images
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Uncle Phil’s Throwback Thursdays on Facebook
Did you know that Phil Leadbetter, lifetime grasser, noted reso-guitarist, and everybody's favorite Uncle Phil, hosts a weekly video podcast online? It's true! Every Thursday evening Phil goes live on Facebook for Uncle Phil's Throwback Thursdays. Each session finds him answering
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Bluegrass Jam Along podcast – free practice aid online
Matt Hutchinson is a British bluegrass picker who has come up with an interesting concept for a podcast that could be useful to others learning to play all over the world. He has launched a new podcast called Bluegrass Jam Along,
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Barcelona Bluegrass Camp offers free workshops this weekend
Our friends at the Barcelona Bluegrass Camp in Spain are taking a different tack this year, owing to the local COVID restrictions remaining in place. Since they can't host everyone together in person this year, they will be offering their two
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Traditional Bluegrass Guitar Improvising Video Course
Following on the success of their 12-week class on guitar improvisation last year, Chris Henry and David McLaughlin have remade the Zoom videos into a downloadable course that covers the depth and breadth of bluegrass guitar. Calling it their Traditional Bluegrass
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The Fiddle Mercantile presents The Fiddler in Question workshops
I recently caught up with Brandon Godman (Laurie Lewis, Dale Ann Bradley, Doyle Lawson, etc…) on a morning hike up one of our many hills in San Francisco. Brandon opened The Fiddle Mercantile a couple of years back, and is
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Bluegrass Country to broadcast live shows from Lucketts
Bluegrass Country has announced that they will begin airing a series of live concerts recorded at The Old Schoolhouse in Lucketts, VA as part of their free, 24/7 music stream online. For years, bluegrass artists have performed in Lucketts at the
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ROMP Virtual Band Contest submissions end this week
Our friends at the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum are getting ready for voting to start next week in their first ever Virtual Band Contest. Bands from all across the US are submitting videos, with fan voting set to